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Funeral service on the fantail of the USS Honolulu on 7 Jul 1943 for F1c Irvin Edwards, a USS Helena crewman who died of his wounds. RAdm Walden Ainsworth stands with other Helena crewmen. Photo 1 of 2.	Funeral service on the fantail of the USS Honolulu on 7 Jul 1943 for F1c Irvin Edwards, a USS Helena crewman who died of his wounds. RAdm Walden Ainsworth stands with other Helena crewmen. Photo 2 of 2.	WAVES personnel Bernice Garrott marking off an aircraft check-off list, Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington, United States, 7 Jul 1943; note SNB-1 training aircraft	Horsa glider on its nose after landing near Syracuse, Sicily, 10 Jul1943

Many of the design features of the Essex-class can be seen here as the USS Yorktown squeezes through the locks of the Panama Canal, 11 Jul 1943. Notably, the deck-edge aircraft elevator is in the raised position.	F4U-1 Corsair fighters of US Navy VF-17 squadron in flight, 1943; seen in 15 Jul 1943 issue of US Navy publication US Naval Aviation News	Staff Sergeant Maynard H. Smith of the 306th Bomb Group saluting the colors after being awarded the Medal of Honor at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 15 Jul 1943.	US Secretary of War Henry Stimson presenting the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Maynard H. Smith, at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 15 Jul 1943. Photo 3 of 4.

US Secretary of War Henry Stimson presenting the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Maynard H. Smith, at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 15 Jul 1943. Photo 4 of 4.	Escort carrier USS Altamaha transporting a deck load of P-51A Mustang fighters has just left Alameda, passed under the San Francisco Bay Bridge (background) and steams toward the Golden Gate, 16 Jul 1943	US Navy Captains Kassard and Vincent Astor during an inspection of Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-11 detachment at NAS Bar Harbor, Maine, United States, Jul 16, 1943. Note K-class gondola.	F4U-1 Corsair of VF-17, “The Jolly Rogers,” landing aboard the carrier Bunker Hill south of Bermuda during her shakedown cruise, 17 July 1943. Photo 1 of 2

F4U-1 Corsair of VF-17, “The Jolly Rogers,” landing aboard the carrier Bunker Hill south of Bermuda during her shakedown cruise, 17 July 1943. Photo 2 of 2	Airship flying near USS New Jersey, Pacific Ocean, 21 Jul 1943	Instrument panel and controls of a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber, except that this one is a PBJ-1 assigned to a United States Marine Corps bombing squadron, 21 Jul 1943.	British Lancaster bombers of No 50 Squadron RAF flying in loose formation over Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, 23 Jul 1943

WAVES Aviation Machinist's Mates working on a SNJ training plane and its Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 24 July 1943	WAVES Aviation Metalsmiths and Aviation Machinist's Mates working on a SBD Dauntless aircraft, Assembly and Repair Department, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 24 Jul 1943	British and American servicemen loading wounded soldiers onto a C-47 Skytrain transport at Agrigento, Sicily for transportation to hospitals in Africa, 25 Jul 1943. Note litter Jeep and WC54 ambulances.	24-foot self-righting rescue motor launch dropped from an RAF Hudson rescue aircraft to the crew of a US B-17 Fortress that ditched in the North Sea, 26 Jul 1943.