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| Hugh Dowding with an aide and several British fighter pilots outside the Air Ministry headquarters at the Adastral House (now Television House), London, England, United Kingdom, 14 Sep 1942 | British staff officers inspecting a newly arrived Sherman tank on a trailer, North Africa, 15 Sep 1942 |
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| Destroyer O'Brien torpedoed by submarine while Wasp burned in background, 15 Sep 1942 | German U-156 with its decks crowded with survivors from the British RMS Laconia prior to the submarine being attacked by an American bomber, Sep 15, 1942. |
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| Light Tank AA Mk I in North Africa, 15 Sep 1942 | U-156 and U-507 with survivors of RMS Laconia in the Atlantic Ocean, 15 Sep 1942 |
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| Wasp (Wasp-class) burning and listing after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 in the South Pacific, 15 Sep 1942. Photo 1 of 2. | Wasp (Wasp-class) burning and listing after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 in the South Pacific, 15 Sep 1942. Photo 2 of 2. |
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| Destroyer USS Laffey (foreground) and cruiser USS Juneau in Luganville anchorage, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 16 Sep 1942. Both ships arrived with survivors of the sunken USS Wasp (Wasp-class). Photo 1 of 4. | Destroyer USS Laffey (foreground) and cruiser USS Juneau in Luganville anchorage, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 16 Sep 1942. Both ships arrived with survivors of the sunken USS Wasp (Wasp-class). Photo 2 of 4. |
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| Destroyer USS Laffey (foreground) and cruiser USS Juneau in Luganville anchorage, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 16 Sep 1942. Both ships arrived with survivors of the sunken USS Wasp (Wasp-class). Photo 3 of 4. | Destroyer USS Laffey (foreground) and cruiser USS Juneau in Luganville anchorage, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 16 Sep 1942. Both ships arrived with survivors of the sunken USS Wasp (Wasp-class). Photo 4 of 4. |
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| Erwin Rommel and Hans-Joachim Marseille, Libya, 16 Sep 1942 | Hans-Joachim Marseille with Erwin Rommel and others, Libya, 16 Sep 1942 |
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| Laffey at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides with survivors of Wasp on board, 16 Sep 1942; note Helena and a destroyer in background | President Franklin Roosevelt being presented with a Japanese flag captured by US Marines on Makin Island by Marine Corps Commandant LtGen Thomas Holcomb, White House, Washington DC, 17 Sep 1942. |
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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. | 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 2 of 2. |
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| Doolittle raiders posing with B-25 Mitchell bomber 'Obliterators Excuse Please', China, 18 Sep 1942 | AEC Mk I armored car in the Western desert, Egypt, 20 Sep 1942 |
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