GUADALCANAL
THE BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL, FOUGHT BETWEEN AUG. 7, 1942 AND FEB. 7. 1943, WAS THE FIRST MAJOR OFFENSIVE LAUNCHED BY ALLIED FORCES AGAINST JAPAN, AND TOOK PLACE IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS NEAR NEW GUINEA. LARRY VISITED THE AREA IN AUG. 2007.

WREATH FOR THE USS WARD, A DESTROYER
AMERICAN MEMORIAL
SUNKEN JAPANESE FREIGHTER OFF BEACH
SON DROPPING WREATH FOR LOST FATHER
PLAQUE FOR MARINE LOST ON GUADALCANALL
PLACING WREATH ON LST 342
MARINE PLAQUE
PLAQUE
SOLOMON ISLANDS MEMORIAL SIGN
REMAINS OF LST 342 ON TULAGI
LST 342
LARRY WEARING JAPANESE HELMET
LARRY ON JAPANESE CANNON REMAINS
RED BEACH LANDING AREA
JAPANESE AIRCRAFT WRECK
JAPANESE MEMORIAL
JAPANESE MEMORIAL
JAPANESE MACHINE GUN
JAPANESE ANTIAIRCRAFT GUN
JAPANESE AIRCRAFT GAS TANK
JAPANESE CANNON
JAPANESE GUN
JAPANESE CANNON
JAPANESE BRIDGE SIGN
JAPANESE SHELL CASINGS AND BOMBS
JAPANESE BOMBER NOSE
JAPANESE ANTIAIRCRAFT GUN
ORIGINAL TOWER, HENDERSON FIELD
DOGTAGS LARRY FOUND ON GUADALCANAL
JAPANESE CANNON DRAGGED BY NATIVES
AMERICAN F4U CORSAIR FIGHTER
PLAQUE FOR CRUISER CANBERRA
GUADALCANAL VETERAN AND SON
BEACHED JAPANESE WRECK
AMERICAN AIRCRAFT WING
WRECK OF AMERICAN P-38 FIGHTER
WRECK OF AMERICAN F4F WILDCAT FIGHTER
AMERICAN MADE TRENCH