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USS Lexington's crewmen sliding down lines into a destroyer as the carrier was being abandoned, 8 May 1942, photo 1 of 2	USS Lexington's crewmen sliding down lines into a destroyer as the carrier was being abandoned, 8 May 1942, photo 2 of 2	View of Lexington's flight deck during Battle of Coral Sea, at 1500 on 8 May 1942	Manila, Philippines during Japanese occupation, 9 May 1942

Grumman Martlet of 888 Squadron of British Fleet Air Arm taxiing on HMS Formidable after landing, circa 24 Apr-10 May 1942; HMS Warspite and AMC Alaunia in background	Japanese-American enlisted man of the US Army returning home to Florin, California, United States to help his mother comply to relocation, 11 May 1942	British ships at Diego-Suárez, Madagascar, 13 May 1942	President Franklin Roosevelt presenting the Medal of Honor to Brigadier General James Doolittle for Doolittle’s role in leading a bomber attack on Tokyo one month earlier, White House, Washington DC, United States, 19 May 1942.

American soldiers resting during the Bataan death march, May 1942, photo 1 of 3	American soldiers resting during the Bataan death march, May 1942, photo 2 of 3	American soldiers resting during the Bataan death march, May 1942, photo 3 of 3	Dead American soldiers on the Bataan death march, 1942

Comrades of Rifleman John Beeley of 1st King’s Royal Rifle Corps who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross at Battle of Sidi Rezegh on 21 Nov 1941 are working on his cross, 22 May 1942.	Joseph Stilwell and his men marching out of Burma, late May 1942	A column of Soviet prisoners of war, Kharkiv, Ukraine, late May or early Jun 1942	Troops of Japanese 13th Army operating a Type 89 grenade launcher, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China, 30 May 1942

US Navy sailors honoring fellow sailors killed during the Pearl Harbor attack, Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, possibly 31 May 1942	A burial detail consisted of captured American soldiers, Luzon, Philippine Islands, May-Jun 1942	Aerial view of Normandie Dock, Saint Nazaire, France, mid-1942; note wreck of HMS Campbeltown still in dock	Aerial view of the Midway Islands and the Naval Air Station, Jun 1942 (later renamed Henderson Field). Interestingly, the air station is two different runway complexes on two different islands, but it still considered one air station.