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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	German Luftwaffe Ju 52 transport aircraft bringing supplies to the German 16th Army in the Demyansk Pocket, Russia, circa Jan-Feb 1942

German SdKfz. 7 half-track vehicle towing 8.8 cm FlaK gun, North Africa, Feb 1942	Gneisenau and Scharnhorst trailing Prinz Eugen during the Channel Dash, Feb 1942, photo 1 of 3

Gneisenau and Scharnhorst trailing Prinz Eugen during the Channel Dash, Feb 1942, photo 2 of 3	Gneisenau and Scharnhorst trailing Prinz Eugen during the Channel Dash, Feb 1942, photo 3 of 3

H8K prototype No. 2 taking off, Feb 1942	Hugo Sperrle at his desk, Feb 1942

Japanese paratroopers, possibly preparing for the invasion of southern Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, Feb 1942	Kitchen staff of USAAF 3rd Bomber Group, Charters Towers, Australia, early 1942

Lieutenant Charles Nolan of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group at Charters Towers, Australia, early 1942; Nolan was lost aboard B-24 bomber 'Not in Stock' which crashed near Rorona Falls, Australian Papua on 20 Mar 1944	Lieutenant Colonel John Davies, Lieutenant Colonel Strickland, and other officers of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group, Charters Towers, Australia, early 1942

Lieutenant Edward O'Hare in his F4F Wildcat, Spring 1942	Main street of Charters Towers, Australia, early 1942

Map of ABDACOM area, Jan-Feb 1942	Men of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group training, Charters Towers, Australia, early 1942; note WW1-era helmets and Enfield rifles

Officers at US Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, United States, Feb 1942	Operations staff of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group, Charters Towers, Australia, early 1942