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On this day in 1942, Operation WATCHTOWER begins. 14,000 men, mostly of the 1st Marine Division, land at Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomons, covered by 3 carriers, 1 battleship, 14 cruisers and 31 destroyers. Over the next six months the USN will be reforged in the fiery crucible of Guadalcanal.
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7 August 1942. USS Enterprise (CV-6) launches a Dauntless at the start of Operation Watchtower. The Invasion of Guadalcanal
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Left to right: Andrea Doria, Duilio, and an unidentifiable Conte di Cavour-class in Taranto, during WW1.
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