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| MGen George Patton and RAdm John Hall, US Navy (behind Patton – and, Yes, the Admiral has his helmet on backwards) prepare to go ashore at Fedhala, Morocco during the North African operation, 9 Nov 1942. | Passenger of SOC Seagull aircraft dropped a message capsule as it flew over cruiser Augusta during Operation Torch, North Africa, Nov 1942 |
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| United States Army Piper O-59A Grasshoppers of the 8th Observation Squadron taking off from the US Navy carrier USS Ranger to spot for the artillery during Operation Torch in North Africa, 9 Nov 1942. Photo 1 of 2. | United States Army Piper O-59A Grasshoppers of the 8th Observation Squadron taking off from the US Navy carrier USS Ranger to spot for the artillery during Operation Torch in North Africa, 9 Nov 1942. Photo 2 of 2. |
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| British sailors and British and American soldiers on the beach near Algiers, Algeria, mid-Nov 1942; note 40-mm Bofors gun and three trucks in background | British troops moving supplies and a motorcycle on the beaches of Algiers, Operation Torch, Nov 1942 |
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| Aerial photograph from a USS Ranger plane showing three badly damaged French warships beached at Casablanca, French Morocco, 11 Nov 1942. They were damaged in the Battle of Casablanca 8 Nov 1942 | B-17F Fortress flying past Mt. Bagana on Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Nov 11, 1942. This aircraft is returning from bombing Buka Island and is on its way to bomb Shortland Harbor at opposite the end of Bougainville |
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| Jean Bart viewed from an aircraft of USS Ranger, Casablanca, French Morocco, 11 Nov 1942, photo 1 of 3 | Jean Bart viewed from an aircraft of USS Ranger, Casablanca, French Morocco, 11 Nov 1942, photo 2 of 3 |
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| Jean Bart viewed from an aircraft of USS Ranger, Casablanca, French Morocco, 11 Nov 1942, photo 3 of 3 | USS President Jackson (left of photograph), USS San Francisco (background center) during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12 Nov 1942; the column of smoke in the background astern of USS San Francisco was from a downed Japanese aircraft |
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| Dwight Eisenhower, François Darlan, Mark Clark, and Robert Murphy at Algiers, Algeria, 13 Nov 1942 | Japanese battleship Hiei evading aerial bombing, north of Savo Island, Solomon Islands, 13 Nov 1942; seen from a B-17 aircraft of US 11th Bombardment Group |
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| Construction of the sewage disposal plant at Jerome War Relocation Center, Arkansas, United States, 14 Nov 1942, photo 1 of 5 | Construction of the sewage disposal plant at Jerome War Relocation Center, Arkansas, United States, 14 Nov 1942, photo 2 of 5 |
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| Construction of the sewage disposal plant at Jerome War Relocation Center, Arkansas, United States, 14 Nov 1942, photo 3 of 5 | Construction of the sewage disposal plant at Jerome War Relocation Center, Arkansas, United States, 14 Nov 1942, photo 4 of 5 |
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| Construction of the sewage disposal plant at Jerome War Relocation Center, Arkansas, United States, 14 Nov 1942, photo 5 of 5 | Map depicting Japanese and US Naval movements during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal the night of Nov 14, 1942. |
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