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| United States Marine preparing to throw a Mark II “pineapple” grenade on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942. Note Browning Automatic Rifle at left. | US Army Sergeant Vineyard showing his rifle to civilian welder George Woolslayer and US Navy enlisted man John Evans at Allegheny-Ludlum Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, Aug 1942 | US fleet sailing toward Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, early Aug 1942; note USS Saratoga at center, New Orleans-class heavy cruiser in background, USS Enterprise in foreground | US Navy ordnanceman Jesse Rhodes Waller posing with a M1919 Browning machine gun next to a PBY Catalina aircraft, Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, Aug 1942, photo 1 of 3 |
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| US Navy ordnanceman Jesse Rhodes Waller posing with a M1919 Browning machine gun next to a PBY Catalina aircraft, Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, Aug 1942, photo 2 of 3 | US Navy ordnanceman Jesse Rhodes Waller posing with a M1919 Browning machine gun next to a PBY Catalina aircraft, Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, Aug 1942, photo 3 of 3 | US Navy sailor J. D. Estes posing with a Browning M2 machine gun, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, Aug 1942 | US Navy sailor wearing protective clothing, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, Aug 1942 |
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| USS Ranger underway in 1942 painted in the unusual Measure 12 paint scheme. | USS Wolverine during her fitting out period, summer 1942; note steamer Greater Buffalo nearby | Vehicles on a ferry dock on the Volga River near Stalingrad, Russia, Aug 1942 | Warhawk aircraft in flight, May 1942-Jan 1943 |
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| Wrecked KV-1 tank, Stalingrad, Russia, Aug 1942, photo 1 of 3 | Wrecked KV-1 tank, Stalingrad, Russia, Aug 1942, photo 2 of 3 | Wrecked KV-1 tank, Stalingrad, Russia, Aug 1942, photo 3 of 3 | Aerial view of Ford Island from over Pearl City Peninsula looking toward Diamond Head in the distance, 1 Aug 1942. Escort carrier USS Long Island and Yorktown-class carrier USS Hornet are moored to Ford Island. |
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| Soviet naval infantry signal troops setting up communication wires, Stalingrad, Russia, 1 Aug 1942 | Lieutenant Commander Joseph C. Clifton in flight in a Buffalo fighter, 2 Aug 1942, photo 1 of 2 | Lieutenant Commander Joseph C. Clifton in flight in a Buffalo fighter, 2 Aug 1942, photo 2 of 2 | British Home Guard personnel demonstrating the use of an EY rifle with a No. 68 AT grenade, Dorking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, 3 Aug 1942 |
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