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Todd-Pacific Shipyard, Tacoma, Washington, United States in 1942-43. 21 of the 37 Bogue-class escort carriers built at Todd-Pacific are seen in this photo and 5 more are just out of frame to the left.	Todd-Pacific Shipyard, Tacoma, Washington, United States in 1942-43. 26 of the 37 Bogue-class escort carriers built at Todd-Pacific are seen in this photo.

United States Army Lt Robert Longini photographing German prisoners of war captured during Operation Torch at Fedala, French Morocco (now Mohammedia, Morocco), Nov 1942.	US Army soldier guarding a B-17F aircraft with a Winchester Model 1912 shotgun at Boeing Seattle Plant, Washington, United States, Dec 1942

US Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne preparing for a jump, North Africa, late 1942; note CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 transport truck	USS Alabama during her shakedown period, Casco Bay, Maine, United States, Dec 1942

USS Alabama during her shakedown period, Casco Bay, Maine, United States, Dec 1942	USS Alabama during her shakedown period, Casco Bay, Maine, United States, Dec 1942

USS Alabama during her shakedown period, Casco Bay, Maine, United States, Dec 1942	USS Alabama during her shakedown period, Casco Bay, Maine, United States, Dec 1942

USS Alabama during her shakedown period, Casco Bay, Maine, United States, Dec 1942	USS Denver underway, Dec 1942

USS New Mexico, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Dec 1942	USS North Carolina at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii, late 1942; note measure 21 camouflage

USS S-35 sailors in US Territory of Alaska, circa Dec 1942	View of USS Alabama from the fantail during her shakedown period, Casco Bay, Maine, United States, Dec 1942

Wildcat, circa 1942-1943	Down by the bow, USS New Orleans arriving in Tulagi Harbor, Solomon Islands, 1 Dec 1942. The night before, New Orleans was struck by a torpedo in the Battle of Tassafaronga that blew off 150 feet of her bow.

Elco 80-foot torpedo boat PT-109 commanded by Ensign Bryant L Larson delivering 96 survivors from the sunken cruiser USS Northampton to Tulagi Harbor, Solomon Islands, 1 Dec 1942. Note the cruiser USS New Orleans at left.	German woman working in an office in Minsk, Byelorussia, 1-2 Dec 1942