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Lieutenant General George Patton in North Africa, 1943	Schematic drawing of the Mark XVIII torpedo from the US Navy Ordnance Pamphlet No. 946 dated Apr 1943.

155 mm Howitzer Carriage M1917 or M1918 howitzer and crew in exercise, Camp Carson, Colorado, United States, 24 Apr 1943, photo 1 of 2	155 mm Howitzer Carriage M1917 or M1918 howitzer and crew in exercise, Camp Carson, Colorado, United States, 24 Apr 1943, photo 2 of 2

37 mm Gun M3 and crew in exercise, Camp Carson, Colorado, United States, 24 Apr 1943	Arrested Jewish department heads of the Brauer helmet factory, Warsaw, Poland, shortly after 1700 hours on 24 Apr 1943, photo 1 of 2

US Army troops training with 81mm M1 mortar, Camp Carson, Colorado, United States, 24 Apr 1943; note M1 Carbine	Aviation Ordinanceman poses aiming the twin Browning M1919 .30 caliber machine of an SBD Dauntless scout bomber aboard light carrier USS Independence during her shakedown cruise to Trinidad, 30 Apr 1943.

Gun crews on a twin 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft mount take their meals at general quarters aboard the Light Carrier USS Independence in the Caribbean Sea, 30 Apr 1943.	20mm Oerlikon cannon crew engaged in anti-aircraft exercise aboard USS Iowa, May 1943

Elco 80-foot torpedo boats PT-149 and PT-122 at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 1943. Note Mark XIII torpedoes and radar dome atop the mast.	Flight deck of the USS Yorktown (Essex-class) crowded with aircraft, May 1943 in the Pacific. While he is not credited with this photo, this is probably a Charles Kerlee photograph.

German 8.8 cm FlaK anti-aircraft gun in North Africa, Apr-May 1943, photo 1 of 3	German 8.8 cm FlaK anti-aircraft gun in North Africa, Apr-May 1943, photo 2 of 3

German 8.8 cm FlaK anti-aircraft gun in North Africa, Apr-May 1943, photo 3 of 3	Japanese Type 88 75mm anti-aircraft gun and crew on Attu, US Territory of Alaska, May 1943

Japanese Type 88 75mm anti-aircraft gun in exercise, Attu, US Territory of Alaska, May 1943	Jürgen Stroop (center) during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, on Nowolipie Street near intersection of Smocza Street, Poland, Apr-May 1943; note Karl Kaleske or Erich Steidtmann next to him, Heinrich Klaustermeyer (with MP 40), and Josef Blösche (with MP 28)

Mark XIII aerial torpedo after bodies in the torpedo storage spaces of the USS Yorktown (Essex-class) during Yorktown’s shakedown cruise to Trinidad, May 1943	Oerlikon and 5-inch mounts aboard USS Iowa during her shakedown cruise off east coast of the United States, May 1943