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Takashi Sakai and Masaichi Niimi leading Japanese troops on a march on Queen's Road, Hong Kong, 26 Dec 1941, photo 2 of 2	Chan Chak (center, with arm in sling) and others in Huizhou, Guangdong, China, 29 Dec 1941

Chan Chak with British and Chinese personnel who had recently escaped from Hong Kong, Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China, 29 Dec 1941	Admiral Chester Nimitz addressing officers immediately after assuming command of Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 31 Dec 1941; Admiral Husband Kimmel at right

Admiral Nimitz presenting the Navy Cross award to Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class Wagoner aboard USS Grayling, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 31 Dec 1941	Nimitz having just presented Navy Cross award to Ensign Fisler aboard USS Grayling, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 31 Dec 1941; Admiral Kimmel at right

Nimitz shaking hands with officers at the Pearl Harbor Submarine Base, US Territory of Hawaii, 31 Dec 1941	Lieutenant General Bernard Freyberg, commanding officer of British forces on Crete, Greece, gazing over the parapet of his dug out in the direction of the German line, late May 1941

'Last Moments of Admiral Yamaguchi' painting by Kita Renzo, 1942; Captain Tomeo Kaku, with mustache, is next to Yamaguchi in the painting	A message from USAAF Major General Clarence Tinker, commanding officer of air forces in Hawaii Islands, to his men at Hickam Field, late 1941 or early 1942

Admiral Chester Nimitz, circa 1942	Admiral Louis Mountbatten and General Sun Li-jen, circa 1942

Allied Theater commander Gen Joseph Stilwell and Chinese Gen Sun Li-jen, Burma (now Myanmar), 1942	Brigadier General Doolittle posing with a globe, circa 1942

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim greeting Heinrich Himmler during Himmler's visit to Finland, 1940s	Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, 1942

Celia Hunter in the cockpit of a P-47 fighter, date unknown	Chaim Rumkowski tasting soup made at a public kitchen in the Lódz ghetto, Poland, 1939-1944

Charles Sweeney, circa 1940s	Chiang Kaishek and Chen Cheng inspecting troops, China, 1940s