Reinforcement troops coming to join US Marines fighting in Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands , get ready to jump from a landing boat to the shores of the island .
Flames from the US Navy transport " John Penn " light up the horizon off Lunga Beach , Guadalcanal , after a Japanese torpedo plane scored a hit squarely midship during a night attack .
13 August 1943
First aerial view of the much contested Guadalcanal Airport built by the Japanese. This photograph was taken by an official Navy photographer shortly after the Japanese were driven out by U.S. Marines. It shows almost completed runaway and (upper right) the circular dispersal area.
