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Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, commander of Task Force 61 in support of the Guadalcanal landings, aboard his flagship USS Saratoga, 17 Sep 1942. Photo 1 of 2.	A Russian soldier, sailor, and a political officer in Stalingrad, Russia, 23 Sep 1943

Damaged buildings in southern Stalingrad, Russia, 23 Sep 1942, photo 1 of 2	Damaged buildings in southern Stalingrad, Russia, 23 Sep 1942, photo 2 of 2

German troops in a foxhole covered by a wrecked T-34 tank, Stalingrad, Russia, 23 Sep 1942	Admiral Chester Nimitz awarding Lieutenant Colonel Evans Carlson a gold star to his Navy Cross medal, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 30 Sep 1942

Smoke rising from various districts of Stalingrad, Russia, 30 Sep 1942	155 mm Howitzer Carriage M1918 gun of US 11th Marine Regiment on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug-Dec 1942

A temporary bridge built with amphibian tractors as floats, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942	Australian Brigadier Charles Spry pointing out locations of heavy fighting to Australian LtGen Edmund Herring, American Gen Douglas MacArthur, and Australian MajGen Arthur Allen, New Guinea, Oct 1942

Battered rail station, Stalingrad, Russia, Oct 1942	Buildings in the Russian city of Stalingrad burning after German aerial bombing, Oct 1942

Burying the dead at Volkovo Cemetery, Leningrad, Russia, Oct 1942	Captured Japanese ice plant, Guadalcanal, late 1942

Commander Arnold True, commanding officer of USS Hammann during Battle of Midway, receiving Navy Cross award from William Halsey, Oct 1942	Damaged buildings in Stalingrad, Russia, Oct 1942

Destroyed building, Guadalcanal, late 1942	Destroyed tanks of Japanese 1st Independent Tank Company at the mouth of the Matanikau River, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Oct 1942, photo 1 of 2

Destroyed tanks of Japanese 1st Independent Tank Company at the mouth of the Matanikau River, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Oct 1942, photo 2 of 2	F4F Wildcat fighters of the US Navy and US Marines lined up on Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Jan 1943, photo 1 of 2