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| An early photo looking toward the sea at the single runway at Bellows Field, Oahu, Hawaii, Jul 26, 1938. | A Japanese soldier oversaw Chinese laborers in the rebuilding of Yellow River dikes, Henan, China, circa mid- or late-1938 |
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| Chinese soldiers at the Yangtze River near Wuhan, China, circa Aug-Oct 1938 | French Air Force Chief of Staff General Vuillemin inspecting the JG 2 of the German Air Force, with German Generals Erhard Milch and Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Aug 1938 |
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| Gneisenau, Admiral Graf Spee, Admiral Scheer, and Deutschland steamed in a line during the German Naval Review of Aug 1938 | HMS Hermes, Aug 1938 |
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| Latécoère 298 aircraft at rest, date unknown; seen in the Aug 1938 issue of L'Aerophile magazine | Map of the Battle of Wuhan |
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| Norman Scott and other US Naval Mission staff officers, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug 1938 | Port side view of Mikuma's smokestack, Aug 1938; dual stripes indicate memberships in Sentai 7 |
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| USS Enterprise at anchor, 1938-40, location unknown | HMS York at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 10 Aug 1938 |
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| Hitler Youth members dining at the German embassy in Japan, 16 Aug 1938 | Hitler Youth members having just disembarked from passenger ship Gneisenau at Yokohama, Japan, 16 Aug 1938 at about 1300 hours; in this photo they had just greeted their hosts with 'Dai Nippon banzai' ('Great Japan for Ten Thousand Years') |
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| Launching of German cruiser Prinz Eugen, slip VIII of Germaniawerft yard, Kiel, Germany, 22 Aug 1938, photo 1 of 3 | Launching of German cruiser Prinz Eugen, slip VIII of Germaniawerft yard, Kiel, Germany, 22 Aug 1938, photo 2 of 3 |
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| Launching of German cruiser Prinz Eugen, slip VIII of Germaniawerft yard, Kiel, Germany, 22 Aug 1938, photo 3 of 3 | Helena under construction at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 27 Aug 1938 |
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| Launching ceremony of Helena, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 27 Aug 1938, photo 1 of 2 | Launching ceremony of Helena, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 27 Aug 1938, photo 2 of 2 |
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