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Japanese troops in gas masks in Shanghai, China, Sep-Nov 1937, photo 2 of 2	Japanese troops in the ruins of Shanghai, China, Sep-Nov 1937	Japanese troops wading ashore from troop transports, Hangzhou Bay, Shanghai, China, Oct 1937	Kinai Maru just off Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone, Oct 1937

Lord Halifax and Hermann Göring in Schorfheide, Germany, Oct 1937	Officers of the Chinese 88th Division studying a map, Shanghai, China, Sep-Nov 1937; note Germany-supplied helmets	Troops of Chinese 179th Brigade departing Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China for the front lines, Oct 1937	Type 94 Te-Ke tankettes in China, circa late 1937

Type 94 Te-Ke tankettes in China, circa late 1937	US Marines guarding a group of interned Chinese troops in the Shanghai international settlement zone, China, late 1937	US Navy officers inspecting USS Permit, New York, United States, circa late 1937; note USS Pollack and USS Plunger flanking USS Permit	USS Augusta displaying large US flags on top of her turrets during the Second Battle of Shanghai, China, 1937

USS Yorktown at Naval Operating Base Norfolk, Virginia, United States, Oct 1937; note flag of Rear Admiral Charles Blakely	Wounded interned Chinese soldier receiving treatment, Shanghai international settlement zone, China, late 1937	Henley at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 1 Oct 1937, photo 1 of 2	Henley at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 1 Oct 1937, photo 2 of 2

Ann and Mildred Stahlman, the daughters of the president of 'The Nashville Banner,' a prominent Nashville newspaper, prepare to christen the cruiser Nashville 2 Oct 1937 at Camden, New Jersey, United States.	The cruiser Nashville began slipping down the ways after several nervous, motionless moments following christening at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey, United States, 2 Oct 1937.	French Ambassador André François-Poncet speaking with German Luftwaffe General Erhard Milch, Paris, France, 4 Oct 1937	Henley in San Pablo Bay, near the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 5 Oct 1937, photo 1 of 3