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African-American US Navy Construction Battalion personnel performing an assault landing training exercise in the United States, Dec 1942	Beaufighter aircraft of No. 30 Squadron RAAF in flight over the Owen Stanley range, New Guinea, late 1942; the pilot was R. J. Brazenor with observer F. B. Anderson

Close up view of the left gun of the after turret aboard USS Alabama during her shakedown period, Casco Bay, Maine, United States, Dec 1942	Close up view of USS Alabama's superstructure, Casco Bay, Maine, United States, Dec 1942

Cruiser Ashigara in drydock, Singapore, Dec 1942	Diagram of torpedo damage to USS Northampton sustained in the Battle of Tassafaronga that caused the ship to sink.

Holiday greetings card of US Marine Corps observation squadron VMO-251, Dec 1942	Jacob Vouza holding the severed head of a Japanese soldier, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Dec 1942

Light cruiser Molotov in port, Dec 1942	Light cruiser Montpelier off Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, early Dec 1942

Minelayer USS Oglala, sunk in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941, at the piers of the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard in Dec 1942 after receiving initial repairs, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.	Seafire Mk IIc fighter of No. 885 Squadron FAA aboard HMS Formidable in the Mediterranean Sea, Dec 1942

Soldiers of US 32nd Division probing a Japanese foxhole near Buna, New Guinea, Dec 1942; note M1 Garand rifles	Staged photo of maintenance crews servicing a Liberator III of RAF No 224 Squadron at Beaulieu, Hampshire, United Kingdom, Dec 1942.

Todd-Pacific Shipyard, Tacoma, Washington, United States in 1942-43. 21 of the 37 Bogue-class escort carriers built at Todd-Pacific are seen in this photo and 5 more are just out of frame to the left.	Todd-Pacific Shipyard, Tacoma, Washington, United States in 1942-43. 26 of the 37 Bogue-class escort carriers built at Todd-Pacific are seen in this photo.

Elco 80-foot torpedo boat PT-109 commanded by Ensign Bryant L Larson delivering 96 survivors from the sunken cruiser USS Northampton to Tulagi Harbor, Solomon Islands, 1 Dec 1942. Note the cruiser USS New Orleans at left.	A page out of a Manhattan Project scientist's notebook, noting the world's first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, achieved on 2 Dec 1942

Sgt. Hiram Prouty of US 175th Infantry Regiment dressed as Santa Claus during the Christmas season, arriving on a M3 medium tank, Perham Down, England, United Kingdom, 5 Dec 1942	Three US Navy K-class airships from Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-11 inside Hangar One at NAS South Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Dec 6, 1942.