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HMS Howe at Govan, Scotland, United Kingdom, circa 1942	Japanese Special Naval Landing Force troops at Attu or Kiska, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, circa mid-1942

Jews gathered for registration, Eleftherias square, Thessaloniki, Greece, Jul 1942	Lieutenant Commander John Bulkeley, United States Navy, at the helm of motor torpedo boat PT-64, a 77-foot Elco boat, Melville, Rhode Island, United States, circa 1942.

Lt Cmdr Howard W Gilmore, commander of the submarine USS Growler in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii upon receiving his first Navy Cross for an attack on three warships within the Kiska Island anchorage in the Aleutians, Jul 1942.	Men aboard the destroyer USS Shaw drilling on the No. 3 5”/38 caliber gun, Jul 1942 probably off San Diego. Note the open pedestal mount and the sailors at left holding the 5-inch practice shells.

MT-1 Hayabusa aircraft at rest, Mukden, Liaoning Province, China, summer 1942	North American SNJ-4 Texan advanced trainers lined up at the Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, July 1942.

Private Jack David of the US Army Engineer task force scrubbing out his belongings, Liberia, Jul 1942	PT-170, an Elco 80-footer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 10 (MTBRon 10), painted in “zebra” pattern designed to thwart enemy optical range finding, 1942. Photo 1 of 2

PT-170, an Elco 80-footer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 10 (MTBRon 10), painted in “zebra” pattern designed to thwart enemy optical range finding, 1942. Photo 2 of 2	PT-95, a Huckins 78-foot motor torpedo boat, in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, Jul 1942. Note how lightly armed this boat is compared to later boats in the forward areas.

Richmond Turner and Alexander Vandegrift aboard USS McCawley looking at maps of the Tulagi-Guadalcanal operation in the Solomon Islands, circa Jul-Aug 1942	South Dakota underway during shakedown in the Atlantic, Jul 1942, photo 1 of 2

South Dakota underway during shakedown in the Atlantic, Jul 1942, photo 2 of 2	Tending to the colors aboard a troop transport ship during exercises off the east coast of the United States, mid-1942.

The engine of an A-20 Havoc aircraft being serviced, Langley Field, Virginia, United States, Jul 1942	USS Alabama at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, Feb-Aug 1942; note Crane Ship No. 1, former battleship Kearsage, servicing Alabama

USS Hornet (Yorktown-class) at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii June or July 1942 after the Doolittle Raid. Note the distinctive early “dazzle” paint scheme.	USS Saratoga at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, mid-1942