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Smoke rising from various districts of Stalingrad, Russia, Oct 1942, photo 4 of 5	Smoke rising from various districts of Stalingrad, Russia, Oct 1942, photo 5 of 5	B-17F Fortress “The Aztec’s Curse” of the 26th Bomb Squadron immediately after an attack on Ghizo Island in the Solomon Islands, 5 Oct 1942.	Katyusha rocket launchers firing near Stalingrad, Russia, 6 Oct 1942

Wrecked Soviet T-34 tank in Stalingrad, Russia, 8 Oct 1942	Soviet Sergeant Fyodor Konoplyov and his crew firing a DShK anti-aircraft gun, Leningrad, Russia, 9 Oct 1942	Clifton Cates with battalion commanders of US 1st Marine Regiment, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 10 Oct 1942	Tanker SS Camden was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-25 off Coos Bay, Oregon on 4 Oct 1942. She was taken under tow to Seattle but sank off Washington state on 10 Oct 1942.

Damaged cruiser Aoba off Buin, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 13 Oct 1942; photo taken from cruiser Chokai	Nisshin (center) and an unidentified Japanese ship (bottom) at Tonolei Harbor, Bougainville, 13 Oct 1942	German Lieutenant Colonel Karl Ens inspecting a 5 cm PaK 38 gun position, Egypt, mid-Oct 1942	Aerial photo of Stalingrad Tractor Factory named for Dzerzhinsky after German capture, Stalingrad, Russia, 17 Oct 1942

Russian soldier laying dead near a trench, Stalingrad, Russia, 17 Oct 1942	German Air Force troops securing areas recently overran by Army troops, Stalingrad, Russia, 22 Oct 1942; ntoe MP 40 submachine gun	Australian soldiers running toward the front lines during re-enactment of the Battle of El Alamein, 24 Oct 1942	Crusader tanks moving toward the front lines during the Second Battle of El Alamein, 24 Oct 1942

A6M2 Model 21 Zero fighter of Lieutenant Hideki Shingo preparing to take off from carrier Shokaku during Battle of Santa Cruz, 26 Oct 1942	Bomb from Shigeyuki Sato’s Aichi D3A ‘Val’ dive bomber exploding on the deck of USS Hornet (Yorktown-class) during Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 Oct 1942.	Crew of Shokaku fighting fires during Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 Oct 1942	Cruiser USS Northampton making preparations to take the stricken USS Hornet (Yorktown-class) under tow, Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, 26 Oct 1942. Note destroyer USS Russell alongside Hornet's port side. Photo 1 of 2.