Japanese Aircraft Bombers, Guadalcanal, 8 August 1942

“Running a gauntlet of anti-aircraft fire, four Rising Sun bombers come in low at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, to attack U.S. transports, extreme left. Black bursts show the intensity of the American A.A. fire.”

From the collection of Clifton B. Cates (COLL/3157), United States Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections