In the first major offensive against Japan, Marines storm the beaches of Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands, in August 1942. The Allied victory here put Japan on the defensive for the rest of the war. See LIFE photographer W. Eugene Smith's extraordinary pictures from the war in the Pacific.
Monday, 12 October 2009
U.S. Marines Land at Guadalcanal
In the first major offensive against Japan, Marines storm the beaches of Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands, in August 1942. The Allied victory here put Japan on the defensive for the rest of the war. See LIFE photographer W. Eugene Smith's extraordinary pictures from the war in the Pacific.
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