Keywords: GuadTenaruSandbar.jpg Dead Japanese soldiers lie on the sandbar at the mouth of Alligator Creek on Guadalcanal on 21 August 1942 after being killed by U S Marines during the Battle of the Tenaru Scanned from book cite book Frank Richard 1990 Guadalcanal The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle Random House New York ISBN 0-394-58875-4 Book states that the photo is from the U S National Archives without providing any additional information on the image's author 1942-08-21 USMC PD-USGov Battle of the Tenaru Soldiers of Japan Soldiers killed in action in World War II 21 August |