File:GuadNakagumaMatanikauDeadJapanese.jpg

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Dead Japanese Army soldiers lie near the mouth of the Matanikau after a failed attack on U.S. Marine positions on Guadalcanal on October 23-24, 1942. Scanned from:

Hammel, Eric, Guadalcanal, The U.S. Marines in World War II, Zenith Press, St. Paul, MN, 2007.

However, other sources identify this photo as being from Saipan on 8 July 1944 after the failure of the large Japanese banzai charge.

Book states that photo is official USMC image.

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11:40, 3 September 2007Thumbnail for version as of 11:40, 3 September 20071,480 × 1,078 (431 KB)Cla68 (talk | contribs)Dead Japanese Army soldiers lie near the mouth of the Matanikau after a failed attack on U.S. Marine positions on Guadalcanal on October 23-24, 1942. Scanned from: Hammel, Eric, ''Guadalcanal, The U.S. Marines in World War II'', Zenith Press, St. Paul,

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