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Type A Ko-hyoteki class Ha-19 midget submarine captured in Hawaii after the Pearl Harbor attack seen at Mare Island Navy Yard in California, United States at the beginning of its cross-country war bonds tour, 24 Sep 1942	President Roosevelt (blocked from view seated in the rear seat of the lead car) tours PB2Y Coronado production at the Consolidated Aircraft plant at Lindbergh Field, San Diego, California, United States, 25 Sep 1942.

Liberty-ship Booker T Washington sliding down the ways at CalShip, Los Angeles, California, United States, 29 Sep 1942.	No sooner had Liberty-ship Booker T Washington slid down the ways at CalShip that the keel of the next ship, Robert C Grier, was laid on the same ways, 29 Sep 1942, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Sponsor of Liberty-ship Booker T Washington, celebrated operatic contralto Marian Anderson at the launching ceremonies at CalShip, Los Angeles, California, United States, 29 Sep 1942. Photo 1 of 2.	Sponsor of Liberty-ship Booker T Washington, celebrated operatic contralto Marian Anderson at the launching ceremonies at CalShip, Los Angeles, California, United States, 29 Sep 1942. Photo 2 of 2.

A North American Aviation worker preparing a P-51 Mustang fighter for painting, Inglewood, California, United States, Oct 1942; note B-25 Mitchell bombers in background	An American woman working on the landing gear of a P-51 Mustang aircraft at the North American Aviation plant, Inglewood, California, United States, Oct 1942

An experimental scale model of the B-25 plane being prepared for wind tunnel tests at the North American Aviation plant, Inglewood, California, United States, Oct 1942	B-25 Mitchell bomber being prepared for painting by North American Aviation's female workers, Inglewood, California, United States, Oct 1942

Cowling and control rods being added to engines for B-25 bombers at the North American Aviation plant in Inglewood, California, United States, Oct 1942	Early P-51 Mustang during a test flight near the North American Aviation plant in Inglewood, California, United States, Oct 1942

Female employee of North American Aviation working on switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 Mitchell bombers, Inglewood, California, United States, Oct 1942	Female worker of North American Aviation working on the cowling of an engine for a B-25 Mitchell bomber, Inglewood, California, United States, Oct 1942

North American Aviation factory workers completing the construction of a B-25 Mitchell bomber, Inglewood facility, Los Angeles, California, United States, Oct 1942, photo 1 of 2	North American Aviation factory workers completing the construction of a B-25 Mitchell bomber, Inglewood facility, Los Angeles, California, United States, Oct 1942, photo 2 of 2

P-51 Mustang fighters being prepared for test flight, North American Aviation, Inglewood, California, United States, Oct 1942	Two female employees of North American Aviation working on a section of a wing of a P-51 Mustang fighter, California, Oct 1942

Submarine Tinosa being christened by sponsor Mrs. Katharine Malloy, wife of Captain William Molloy, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 7 Oct 1942.	Submarine Tinosa shortly after launch at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 7 Oct 1942.