File:Marines rest in the field on Guadalcanal.jpg

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Zimmerman, John L. (1949). The Guadalcanal Campaign. Marines in World War II Historical Monograph. Retrieved on 2006-07-04.

Another source (http://guadalcanal3.homestead.com/CanalWW2pics.html) identifies the date of this photo as 8/8/42 and the reclining Marine with hands behind head in the picture as "Bill Coggin."


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The Marine in the top right, with his back to the camera is Sidney Phillips.

  • Source: PBS miniseries: The War: Episode One, “A Necessary War”, December 1941-December 1942

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