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| US Navy Lt Commander John D. Bulkeley receives the Medal of Honor from President Franklin Roosevelt, 4 Aug 1942. The medal was for his actions as a PT Boat Squadron commander in the Philippines, Dec 1941-Apr 1942 | Winston Churchill, Leslie Morshead, Claude Auchinleck, and W. H. C. Ramsden (background) at 9th Australian Division headquarters, El Alamein, Egypt, 5 Aug 1942 |
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| HMAS Canberra and three Allied transports off Tulagi island (closer in background) and Florida island (further in background) during landing operations, 7-8 Aug 1942 | USS Saratoga (foreground) and USS Enterprise (background) underway in the Solomon Islands, Aug 1942 |
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| Floating Japanese G4M1 bomber off Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 8 Aug 1942 as seen from the destroyer USS Ellet. The bomber was shot down during an aerial torpedo attack on the Allied shipping off Tulagi. Photo 1 of 2 | Floating Japanese G4M1 bomber off Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 8 Aug 1942 as seen from the destroyer USS Ellet. The bomber was shot down during an aerial torpedo attack on the Allied shipping off Tulagi. Photo 2 of 2 |
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| Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow, Russia camouflaged with images of false buildings, 9 Aug 1942 | Quincy illuminated by Japanese searchlights during Battle of Savo Island, 9 Aug 1942 |
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| USS Blue (near HMAS Canberra's port bow) and USS Patterson (approaching from astern) removing the crew from the fatally damaged HMAS Canberra (background), off Guadalcanal, about 0630 hours on 9 Aug 1942 | A Humber Mk II armoured car of 4th Light Armoured Brigade on patrol in the Western Desert, Egypt, 10 Aug 1942 |
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| A Humber Mk II armoured car of the UK 12th Royal Lancers on patrol in the Western Desert, Egypt, 10 Aug 1942 | Chicago of Guadalcanal the day after Battle of Savo Island, with crewmen cutting away torpedo-damaged plating to enable the ship to get underway, 10 Aug 1942 |
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| Port side view of USS Wahoo, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 10 Aug 1942 | Stern view of USS Wahoo, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 10 Aug 1942 |
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| USS Wahoo departing Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 10 Aug 1942; note munitions ship USS Shasta at the pier and barrage balloons overhead. | View of the conning tower of USS Wahoo, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 10 Aug 1942, photo 1 of 2 |
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| View of the conning tower of USS Wahoo, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 10 Aug 1942, photo 2 of 2 | HMS Rodney (left), HMS Manchester (right), and other ships of the Operation Pedestal convoy under air attack while sailing for Malta, 11 Aug 1942 |
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| USS Wolverine running trials off Buffalo, New York, United States, 11 Aug 1942 | Shore launch test of the Mousetrap anti-submarine rocket system, Key West, Florida, United States, 14 Aug 1942 |
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