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Destroyers Cushing and Drayton at sea, 8 Feb 1938	US Marine Corps Lieutenant Dewolf Schatzel leading the final salute of the Mounted Detachment at the American Legation, Yongdingmen gate, Beiping, China, 22 Feb 1938

Hanna Reitsch piloting the Fw 61 helicopter V 2 D-EKRA, Germany, circa 1938	Harrow aircraft at RAF Feltwell, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, spring of 1938

Schlesien in the Panama Canal, Mar 1938, photo 1 of 2	Schlesien in the Panama Canal, Mar 1938, photo 2 of 2

Tateo Kato with his Ki-10 aircraft, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China, Mar-Apr 1938	Luftwaffe Day parade in front of Reich Air Ministry building on Wilhelmstraße, Berlin, Germany, 1 Mar 1938; note Göring, Christiansen, Lutze, Rust, Brauchitsch, Milch, and Raeder in attendance

Raised Pinghai sailing under her own power on the Yangtze River toward Shanghai, China, 2 Mar 1938	Seal during her trials, off Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States, 5 Mar 1938, photo 1 of 2

Seal during her trials, off Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States, 5 Mar 1938, photo 2 of 2	Adolf Hitler announcing the annexation of Austria to members of the Reichstag at Kroll Opera House, Berlin, Germany, Mar 1938

German policemen marching into Imst, Austria, 12 Mar 1938	German Army SdKfz. 221 armored car crossing from Passau, Germany into Schärding, Austria, 13 Mar 1938

German Panzer II tank commander waving to Austrian women, Austria, 13 Mar 1938	Adolf Hitler parading in Vienna in occupied Austria, 14 Mar 1938

USS Ranger at North Island, San Diego, California, United States, 14 Mar 1938. Note the bends in the stacks that allow them to swing outboard for flight operations.	Austrian family showing support for the German annexation, Mar 1938

Barcelona, Spain under aerial attack, 17 Mar 1938; note smoke rising from the neighborhood just north (toward the bottom of the photograph) of Plaça de Catalunya	Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini at Brennero, Italy, 18 Mar 1938, photo 1 of 2