Chronology of World War II

Saturday, August 8


Scene Following the Japanese Torpedo Attack


Scene Following the Japanese Torpedo Attack
Scene just after the Japanese torpedo plane attack on shipping between Guadalcanal and Tulagi, August 8, 1942. USS George F. Elliott (AP-13) is afire in the left center. She had been hit by a crashing enemy aircraft. The other two smoke plumes mark the locations of planes that crashed into the water.