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Launching of submarine Snook, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, 15 Aug 1942, photo 1 of 2 (taken at 1510 hours)	Launching of submarine Snook, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, 15 Aug 1942, photo 2 of 2

Men of US 2nd Marine Division wading through shallow water, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 1942	Oil tanker Ohio in the Grand Harbour of Malta, 15 Aug 1942

Preston at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 15 Aug 1942	US battleship Indiana off Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 15 Aug 1942

Map of the Makin Raid, Makin Island, 17 Aug 1942	Priyut 11 station on Mount Elbrus, Russia, circa 17 Aug 1942; photograph taken by a German soldier

USS Copahee at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 17 Aug 1942, photo 1 of 2	USS Copahee at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 17 Aug 1942, photo 2 of 2

Australian Prime Minister John Curtin and his wife Elsie at the launch of HMAS Fremantle, Brisbane, Australia, 18 Aug 1942	Close up view of the tower foremast of USS Washington, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, 18 Aug 1942

T22E1 prototype armored car, 18 Aug 1942	USS Ranger off Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 18 Aug 1942. Good view of Ranger’s unique stack arrangement, 3 on each side designed to rotate to an outward horizontal position for flight operations.

View of stern of USS Washington, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, 18 Aug 1942	A British DB-7B Boston Mk III bomber of RAF No. 88 Squadron over Dieppe Harbour, France, 19 Aug 1942

British Churchill tanks and landing craft burning on the Dieppe beach, France, 19 Aug 1942	British Daimler Scout Car 'Hound' abandoned on the beach after the failed raid on Dieppe, France, Aug 1942

During an inspection tour to El Alamein, Egypt, Winston Churchill looks out across the desert toward the German lines, 19 Aug 1942.	Electric Boat workers preparing submarine Harder for launching, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 19 Aug 1942