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8.8 cm FlaK gun firing at Bir al Hakim, Jun 1942; note General Rommel's SdKfz. 250 command vehicle in background	A burial detail consisted of captured American soldiers, Luzon, Philippine Islands, May-Jun 1942

A column of M4 Sherman, M3 Grant, and M3 Stuart tanks in training maneuvers, Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942	A Jeep packed with mortar shells, a mortar tube between the seats, and the mortar plate on the floor, New Caledonia, 1942.

A tractor pulling an SBD Dauntless dive-bomber from a pier on Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, mid-1942. Note LCVPs.	Admiral John Tovey greeting King George VI of the United Kingdom aboard HMS Duke of York, Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, Jun 1942

Aerial view of Bluie West One airfield, Greenland, Jun 1942	Aerial view of Gotenhafen (Gdynia), occupied Poland, Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2; photo taken by a British RAF aircraft; note battlecruiser Gneisenau (white arrow) and carrier Graf Zeppelin (bottom)

Aerial view of Gotenhafen (Gdynia), occupied Poland, Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2; photo taken by a British RAF aircraft; note battlecruiser Gneisenau (white arrow) and carrier Graf Zeppelin (bottom)	Aerial view of Normandie Dock, Saint Nazaire, France, mid-1942; note wreck of HMS Campbeltown still in dock

Aerial view of the Midway Islands and the Naval Air Station, Jun 1942 (later renamed Henderson Field). Interestingly, the air station is two different runway complexes on two different islands, but it still considered one air station.	African-American mechanic in the US Army maintaining a truck, Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2

African-American mechanic in the US Army maintaining a truck, Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2	American female aircraft worker working at the Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California, United States, Jun 1942

American M3 medium tank crewman, Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942	American tank commander posing at the top hatch of his M3 medium tank, Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2; note artificial light accidentally entering this photograph

American tank commander posing at the top hatch of his M3 medium tank, Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2	American troops inside a M3 Half-track vehicle during training, Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942

American welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Company, Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2	American welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Company, Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2