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LEAVING FOR GUADALCANAL

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Year
1943
Reference
S319607
Media type
Stills

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Rights Information
Year
1943
Reference
S319607
Media type
Stills

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Series
USMC IN NZ 1942-43, NORMAN T. HATCH COLLECTION
Place of production
United States of America
Photographer
Sergeant James A. Mundell (and various)

Black and white stills of US Marines preparing to leave for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
The photography is by US Marines attached to specialist film units, who were stationed in New Zealand at this time.
Stills in this set capture the US Marines as they board their war bound transport; Marines fishing off stern while waiting to depart; Marines marching through the streets of Auckland towards the docks and their war bound transport; a tent protecting the hatch from heavy rain during loading operations Auckland, June 1943.