Arming of a SBD-3 Dauntless of VS-6 on USS Enterprise (CV-6) on 7 August 1942 ( )
1942
Guadalcanal Invasion, August 1942: U.S. Navy ordnancemen of Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) load a 500 pound (227 kg) demolition bomb on a Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), during the first day of strikes on Guadalcanal and Tulagi, 7 August 1942.
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