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GUADALCANAL.
Ice House Captured by Marines, near Fifth Marine Headquarters, Guadalcanal, circa 1942. “FORMERLY JAPANESE---This ice house was taken by U.S. Marines from the Japanese during the early stages of fighting on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, and now is being utilized by the Americans.” "A refrigeration plant that was operative when we took it over. It supplied ice for us which was very welcome. That, by he way, was near the Fifth Marines Headquarters area. (Official USMC photograph)