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477 items in this album on 24 pages.


Detailed Operating Schedule for Launching of the Tunny, 30 Jun 1942, page 2 of 2	American poster for emergency clothing relief for European war refugees published by the Office of Emergency Management. Henry Kaiser was National Chairman for the clothing relief drives.

Recognition drawing for German light cruiser Leipzig, published by US Division of Naval Intelligence, Aug 1942	Track of the cruiser night action of 9 Aug 1942 off Savo Island, Solomon Islands where three United States cruisers and one Australian cruiser were lost. Track is taken from the USS Astoria damage report.

American propaganda poster noting the typical look of a friendly British soldier, 10 Aug 1942; note Boys anti-tank rifle	Identification drawing of Japanese Mogami-class heavy cruiser as published in A503 FM30-50 booklet for identification of ships of the US Division of Naval Intelligence, Oct 1942

United China Relief propaganda poster, 10 Oct 1942	Track chart of Japanese forces during Battle of Santa Cruz, 25-26 Oct 1942; Annex A of Commander Okumiya's interrogation

Plan for making a recognition model for German light cruiser Köln, probably prepared by the US Navy's Office of Naval Intelligence, Nov 1942	Recognition drawing for German light cruiser Köln, probably prepared by the US Navy's Office of Naval Intelligence

Richelieu as appeared in the US Office of Naval Intelligence booklet ONI203, 9 Nov 1942, photo 1 of 2	Message from Chiang Kaishek to Franklin Roosevelt, Chinese original, 16 Nov 1942, page 1 of 4

Message from Chiang Kaishek to Franklin Roosevelt, Chinese original, 16 Nov 1942, page 2 of 4	Message from Chiang Kaishek to Franklin Roosevelt, Chinese original, 16 Nov 1942, page 3 of 4

Message from Chiang Kaishek to Franklin Roosevelt, Chinese original, 16 Nov 1942, page 4 of 4	Message from Chiang Kaishek to Franklin Roosevelt, English translation, 16 Nov 1942

Diagram of torpedo damage to USS Northampton sustained in the Battle of Tassafaronga that caused the ship to sink.	Holiday greetings card of US Marine Corps observation squadron VMO-251, Dec 1942

A page out of a Manhattan Project scientist's notebook, noting the world's first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, achieved on 2 Dec 1942	3-view drawing of the SBD-5 Dauntless aircraft