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A-36A Mustang aircraft on a training flight near Savannah, Georgia, United States, 1942; this plane was destroyed in a landing accident 8 Jan 1943	Aerial view of Charters Towers, Australia, early 1942

Aircraft carrier USS Hornet (Yorktown-class) at Pier 7, Norfolk Operating Base, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, Feb 1942. Note F4F-3 Wildcats of Fighting Squadron 3 and SBC-4 Helldiver I’s from Bombing Squadron 8.	Army Lt General Delos Emmons, military governor of Hawai'i, Admiral Chester Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief US Pacific Fleet, and Rear Admiral Milo Draemel, Chief of staff to Admiral Nimitz, in Nimitz’ office, circa Feb 1942.

B-17E Fortress in flight from its base at Hickam Field, Hawaii between Dec 1941 and Apr 1942. On 5 Apr 1942 this bomber crashed into Mt Keahiakahoe on Oahu while returning from a patrol killing all 11 aboard.	Bomb dollies bringing bombs to an RAF Boston Bomber at an air base in Britain, Feb 1942

Bombardier Sergeant Joe Haley of 13th Bomb Squadron of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group, Charters Towers, Australia, early 1942	Bow of USS North Carolina while the ship was at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Feb 1942

British Columbia Security Commission posting of evacuation of ethnic Japanese from designated areas, early 1942	British Matilda tanks maneuvered in the desert toward Tobruk, Libya, 1942

Canadian-built CMP Field Artillery Tractor being unloaded from a troop ship in Colombo harbor, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Feb 1942.	Captain Gustave M. Heiss of USAAF 27th Bomb Group at Charters Towers, Australia, early 1942; Heiss was killed in action later in the war

Captain Harld Maull of 13th Bomb Squadron of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group, Charters Towers, Australia, early 1942	Captured British-built AEC armored command vehicle in German service as Colonel General Erwin Rommel's command vehicle, North Africa, Feb 1942

Close-up view of USS North Carolina's superstructure while the ship was at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Feb 1942; note 20mm Oerlikon cannon	Corporal Cliff Govier of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group at Charters Towers, Australia, early 1942; Govier was killed in action later in the war

Cruiser Juneau coming alongside a pier at the New York Navy Yard in Feb 1942 prior to her commissioning. Note her modified Measure 12 paint scheme.	Cruiser USS Northampton underway, location unknown, early 1942. Note her false bow wave camouflage.

Enlisted men's club of 13th Squadron of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group, Charters Towers, Australia, early 1942	German Army Colonel General Erwin Rommel with Colonel Eduard Crasemann in North Africa, Jan-Jun 1942