A U.S. Marine Corps M2A4 <i>Stuart</i> light tank (named "Blizzard") is hoisted from the U.S. Navy cargo ship USS <i>Alchiba</i> (AK-23) into a LCM(2) landing craft, off the Guadalcanal invasion beaches on the first day of landings there, 7 August 1942.
7 August 1942<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1942-08-07T00:00:00Z/11</div>
U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwii/wwii-pacific/wwii-pacific-guadalancanal/marines/80-g-16329.html">80-G-16329</a>