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Captured British-built AEC armored command vehicle in German service as Colonel General Erwin Rommel's command vehicle, North Africa, Feb 1942	Close-up view of USS North Carolina's superstructure while the ship was at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Feb 1942; note 20mm Oerlikon cannon	Corporal Cliff Govier of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group at Charters Towers, Australia, early 1942; Govier was killed in action later in the war	Cruiser Juneau coming alongside a pier at the New York Navy Yard in Feb 1942 prior to her commissioning. Note her modified Measure 12 paint scheme.

Cruiser USS Northampton underway, location unknown, early 1942. Note her false bow wave camouflage.	Enlisted men's club of 13th Squadron of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group, Charters Towers, Australia, early 1942	Freighter SS Absaroka in drydock after being torpedoed off San Pedro, California, 24 Dec 1941. This 1942 photo shows the torpedo damage.	German Army Colonel General Erwin Rommel with Colonel Eduard Crasemann in North Africa, Jan-Jun 1942

German Luftwaffe Ju 52 transport aircraft bringing supplies to the German 16th Army in the Demyansk Pocket, Russia, circa Jan-Feb 1942	German SdKfz. 7 half-track vehicle towing 8.8 cm FlaK gun, North Africa, Feb 1942	Gneisenau and Scharnhorst trailing Prinz Eugen during the Channel Dash, Feb 1942, photo 1 of 3	Gneisenau and Scharnhorst trailing Prinz Eugen during the Channel Dash, Feb 1942, photo 2 of 3

Gneisenau and Scharnhorst trailing Prinz Eugen during the Channel Dash, Feb 1942, photo 3 of 3	H8K prototype No. 2 taking off, Feb 1942	Hugo Sperrle at his desk, Feb 1942	Japanese paratroopers, possibly preparing for the invasion of southern Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, Feb 1942

Kitchen staff of USAAF 3rd Bomber Group, Charters Towers, Australia, early 1942	Lieutenant Charles Nolan of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group at Charters Towers, Australia, early 1942; Nolan was lost aboard B-24 bomber 'Not in Stock' which crashed near Rorona Falls, Australian Papua on 20 Mar 1944	Lieutenant Colonel John Davies, Lieutenant Colonel Strickland, and other officers of USAAF 3rd Bomb Group, Charters Towers, Australia, early 1942	Lieutenant Edward O'Hare in his F4F Wildcat, Spring 1942