1st Marines board landing craft for ride out to waiting ships after turning over control of Guadalcanal to Army troops following four months of fighting the Japanese.Dec 1942(rudeerude)

Ride out to waiting ships

Exhausted 1st  Marines sprawl all over beaches waiting for the landing craft which will take them off the island following four months of fighting the Japanese.Guadalcanal Dec 1942(rudeerude)

Exhausted 1st Marines

Marines leaving the beaches of Guadalcanal board landing craft for ride out to waiting ships after turning over control of Guadalcanal to Army troops. Dec 1942