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Close-up view of damaged received from the third bomb hit on Shokaku during the Battle of the Coral Sea, Kure, Japan, between 17 May and 27 Jun 1942	Damage sustained by Shokaku during the Battle of the Coral Sea, Kure, Japan, between 17 May and 27 Jun 1942

Destroyed coastal guns at Fort Maxim Gorky I, Sevastopol, Russia (now Ukraine), circa Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2	Destroyed coastal guns at Fort Maxim Gorky I, Sevastopol, Russia (now Ukraine), circa Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2

Doolittle Raider Ted Lawson shaking hands with Henry Morgenthau, Walter Reed Hospital, Washington DC, United States, Jun 1942	German Army 8.8 cm FlaK 18 gun deployed in an anti-tank role, Bir al Hakim, near Tobruk, North Africa, Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2

German Army 8.8 cm FlaK 18 gun deployed in an anti-tank role, Bir al Hakim, near Tobruk, North Africa, Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2	Japanese carrier Shokaku damaged after Battle of Coral Sea, Kure, Japan, between 17 May and 27 Jun 1942

Major General Millard Harmon awarding Doolittle Raider Charles McClure, Walter Reed Hospital, Washington DC, United States, Jun 1942	Map depicting the Battle of Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway in May-Jun 1942

Men of South African 7th Motorized Brigade unloading at Diego-Suárez, Madagascar, Jun 1942	New Zealand, South African, and Sikh Indian troops at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, circa 1942

Repair activities aboard Shokaku's boat deck, damaged by the second bomb that hit her during the Battle of Coral Sea, Kure, Japan, between 17 May and 27 Jun 1942	Repairing a machine gun position aboard Shokaku, which was damaged by the third bomb hit during Battle of the Coral Sea, , Kure, Japan, between 17 May and 27 Jun 1942

Shokaku's damaged flight deck as the result of bomb hits during Battle of the Coral Sea, Kure, Japan, between 17 May and 27 Jun 1942	Soviet troops with PPSh-41 submachine guns in a village in the Caucasus region of southern Russia, Jun 1942

Spitfire Mk. VC aircraft aboard USS Wasp, en route to Malta in the Mediterranean Sea, mid-1942; note HMS Eagle in background	USS Wichita and HMS London escorting Allied convoy PQ-17, Jun 1942

View of damage done to boat deck area aboard Shokaku, result of the second bomb hit received during Battle of the Coral Sea, Kure, Japan, between 17 May and 27 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2	View of damage done to boat deck area aboard Shokaku, result of the second bomb hit received during Battle of the Coral Sea, Kure, Japan, between 17 May and 27 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2