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Humber Mk II Armoured Car, 11 Mar 1942; note 15mm BESA machine gun	Tucker off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 11 Mar 1942

Map noting the operations of the Japanese Navy First Air Fleet/Carrier Striking Force, 7 Dec 1941-12 Mar 1942	Chinese fighter pilots in advanced flight training in the United States, 13 Mar 1942

Submarine Whale, destroyer Humphrey, and light cruiser Helena at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 13 Mar 1942	Attorney General of California Earl Warren speaking at the launching ceremony of submarine Whale, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States 14 Mar 1942

Commandant's Order No. 9-42 for the launching of submarine Whale, 14 Mar 1942	Erich Raeder, Wilhelm Keitel, Erhard Milch, Heinrich Himmler, Friedrich Fromm, and Georg-Hans Reinhardt during Memorial Day ceremony, Berlin, Germany, 14 Mar 1942

Guests at the launching of submarine Whale, Vallejo, California, United States, 14 Mar 1942	Launching of submarine Whale, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 14 Mar 1942, photo 1 of 3

Launching of submarine Whale, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 14 Mar 1942, photo 2 of 3	Launching of submarine Whale, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 14 Mar 1942, photo 3 of 3

Mrs. A. D. Denny christening submarine Whale, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 14 Mar 1942	Mrs. R. A. White (Matron of Honor) and Mrs. A. D. Denney (Sponsor) at the launching of submarine Whale, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 14 Mar 1942

Whale shortly after launching, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 14 Mar 1942	Wilhelm Keitel, Heinrich Himmler, and Erhard Milch awaiting before the armory for Adolf Hitler's arrival for the Memorial Day celebration, Berlin, Germany, 14 Mar 1942

Lieutenant General George Brett, Australia, 18 Mar 1942	20mm gun gallery along the portside flight deck of USS Enterprise at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 19 Mar 1942. Note the guns are absent from the mounts. Note also destroyers USS Gridley and Fanning in the background.

Stern view of Grunion, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 20 Mar 1942	German SS officer Josef Dietrich with officers of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, Russia, 21 Mar 1942