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Second version of the Blood Chit issued by the Chinese government for members of the Second American Volunteer Group, late 1941. The numbers on the second version started over so there is a duplication of numbers.	Memo from Australian Secretary to the War Cabinet Frederick Shedden to John Curtin, the first formal advice to the Prime Minister that the HMAS Sydney was believed lost, 25 Nov 1941

'AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL' radio message received by USS Ranger, 7 Dec 1941. Ranger was in the Atlantic approaching Norfolk, Virginia at the time.	'AIRRAID ON PEARLHARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL' radio message received by USS Wasp, 7 Dec 1941. Wasp was anchored at Bermuda at the time.

Draft number 1 of Roosevelt's 'Day of Infamy Speech', page 1 of 3	Draft number 1 of Roosevelt's 'Day of Infamy Speech', page 2 of 3

Draft number 1 of Roosevelt's 'Day of Infamy Speech', page 3 of 3	8 Dec 1941 Headlines in the Richmond (California) Daily Independent announcing the Pearl Harbor Attack from the day before. Note the sub-headline on the launching of a ship at the Todd Shipyard.

1 shilling Japanese occupation currency note for use in previously British controlled areas in southern Asia	5 guilder Japanese occupation currency note for use in previously Dutch controlled areas in southern Asia

A message from USAAF Major General Clarence Tinker, commanding officer of air forces in Hawaii Islands, to his men at Hickam Field, late 1941 or early 1942	American poster 'We Can Do It!' from Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 1942

American propaganda poster 'Remember Dec 7th', 1942	British Blood Chit issued to Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm airmen who would be flying over Chinese territory, 1942.

Capital Ship Bomb diagram	Cutaway view of the four power trains of the DUKW: front drive wheels, rear drive wheels, propeller, rear winch

Diagram of the Mousetrap system with two tiers of rocket rails, circa 1942. Note the word “Deflectors” is partially cropped off the bottom of the image.	Diagram of the North American A-36A Mustang, front view' note the open dive brakes

Front and back of a Japanese occupation One Dollar bill for use in Malaya, Borneo, Sarawak, and Brunei, 1942-1945	Front and back of a Japanese occupation Ten Cents bill for use in Malaya, Borneo, Sarawak, and Brunei, 1942-1945