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Blood chit similar to those carried by pilots of the American Volunteer Group 'Flying Tigers' (or possibly a post-war reproduction) with a 'Flying Tigers' squadron emblem beneath it.	Enlisted barracks in a “tent city” at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, Oahu, Hawaii shortly after commissioning, Feb 1941.

Ford Pygmy Jeep prototype being tested at Fort Holabird, Maryland, United States, Feb 1941.	Italian cruiser San Giorgio after being scuttled in the harbor at Tobruk, Libya as Australian troops entered the city, 22 Jan 1941. Note torpedo nets. Photo 1 of 2.

Italian cruiser San Giorgio after being scuttled in the harbor at Tobruk, Libya as Australian troops entered the city, 22 Jan 1941. Note torpedo nets. Photo 2 of 2.	Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, Oahu, Hawaii shortly after commissioning, Feb 1941 showing the crow’s nest of the mooring mast converted into the airstrip’s control tower.

P2Y-3 aircraft of US Navy squadron VP-43 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, United States, Jan-Jul 1941	Portrait of Rear Admiral John S. “Slew” McCain, Sr., probably shortly after is appointment to flag rank, Feb 1941.

Universal Carrier Mk 1 of Australian 6th Division Cavalry in North Africa, Feb 1941; note Boys anti-tank rifle and a radio set on the Universal Carrier	US President Roosevelt in wheel chair with dog Fala and Ruthie Bie (granddaughter of the Hyde Park caretaker), Hill Top Cottage, Hyde Park, New York, United States, Feb 1941

Luigi Torelli returning to Bordeaux, France upon completion of her third war patrol, 4 Feb 1941	Cruiser Mk IV tank and Light Tank Mk VIB of 3rd County of London Yeomanry of British 1st Armoured Division on exercise at Arundel, Sussex County, England, United Kingdom, 5 Feb 1941

Belgian 2-inch mortar team in training, Wales, United Kingdom, 10 Feb 1941	Canadian troops at their Lewis machine gun position overlooking the main highway at Iceland, 10 Feb 1941

Erwin Rommel arriving at Tripoli, Libya, 12 Feb 1941	Italian General Italo Gariboldi welcoming German Generals Erwin Rommel and Johannes Streich to Tripoli, Libya, 12 Feb 1941

The mooring mast at Ewa Field, Oahu, Hawaii converted for use as a control tower, Feb 13, 1941.	Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura arriving at the White House with his credentials, Washington DC, United States, 14 Feb 1941

Danish police chief Dahl, Dr. Karl Ritter von Halt, Reinhard Heydrich, Heinrich Himmler, Kurt Daluege, and Karl Wolff at the Sportpalast, Berlin, Germany, 16 Feb 1941	Martin B-26 Marauder bomber control panel, 18 Feb 1941.