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Newly built T-34 tanks being prepared by the Ural Volunteer Tank Corps for rail transport to Eastern Europe, Uralmash production facility, Sverdlovsk, Russia, 1 Feb 1942	SOC aircraft flew over Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands, during attack on Japanese airfields by gunfire from cruisers Salt Lake City and Northampton, 1 Feb 1942; note burning ammunition and fuel dumps

Soviet troops fighting near Staritsa, Russia, 1 Feb 1942	US Navy pilot Lt Wilson R. Bartlett of cruiser Chester returning from observation flight to Taroa, Marshall Islands, 1 Feb 1942; note bomb damage in background and wingtips of his SOC Seagull aircraft

Wounded sailors being taken off of USS Marblehead, Tjilatjap, Java, Dutch East Indies, 4 Feb 1942; seen in Jul 1963 issue of US Navy publication All Hands	Flag officers aboard USS Enterprise being welcomed back to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 5 Feb 1942 after the Marshalls-Gilberts Raids. VAdm William Halsey (center) with RAdm’s Aubrey Fitch and Raymond Spruance at each end.

USS Houston at Tjilajap, Java, Dutch East Indies, 6 Feb 1942, seen from USS Marblehead	USS Marblehead at Tjilatjap, Java, Dutch East Indies, Feb 1942; note bomb damage

Old Russian woman pulling a man on a sled, Leningrad, Russia, 7 Feb 1942	Destroyer USS Shaw fitted with a temporary bow and temporary bridge entering Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 8 Feb 1942 after conducting full-speed trials off Oahu.

Destroyer USS Shaw underway in Pearl Harbor with a temporary stub bow, 8 Feb 1942; note SOC floatplane taxiing nearby	Wrecked Hurricane aircraft of Squadron Leader Richard Brookers of No.232 Fighter Squadron RAF, East Coast Park, Singapore, 8 Feb 1942

Colorado off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 9 Feb 1942; note three Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes on her catapults	Concord off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 9 Feb 1942

Portside broadside view of the cruiser USS New Orleans off Mare Island, California, United States, 9 Feb 1942.	USS Maryland at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States 9 Feb 1942 after repairs from damage received in the attack on Pearl Harbor three months earlier. Photo 1 of 2.

USS Maryland at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States 9 Feb 1942 after repairs from damage received in the attack on Pearl Harbor three months earlier. Photo 2 of 2.	Combined Fleet Headquarters staff on board battleship Yamato, Kure, Japan, 10 Feb 1942; note Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki and Commander-in-Chief Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto at center

Cruiser Juneau in New York Harbor, United States, 11 Feb 1942. Photo 1 of 3.	Cruiser Juneau in New York Harbor, United States, 11 Feb 1942. Photo 2 of 3.