Mid-WW2 Photos | World War II Database

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US Navy Lieutenant Commander Eddie Sanders taxiing the captured Japanese A6M Zero fighter 'Akutan Zero', Naval Air Station San Diego, California, United States, Sep 1942	US warships firing at Japanese aircraft, Guadalcanal, 1942	USMC Map 104 showing the northern coast of Guadalcanal in the Lunga area	USS Indiana off Norfolk, Virginia, United States, Sep 1942

USS Nevada in Drydock 2 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States for repairs following the Pearl Harbor Attack. Nevada was in drydock from 11 May to 30 Nov 1942.	Valentine infantry tank of UK 23rd Armoured Brigade carrying Scottish troops of the UK 51st Highland Division in North Africa, circa mid to late-1942; note the right-most soldier carrying a captured Italian Beretta Model 38 submachine gun	Wrecked Japanese landing craft, Gavutu Beach, Guadalcanal, Aug-Sep 1942	Boats arriving at Leningrad, Russia via Lake Ladoga, bringing food and other supplies, 1 Sep 1942

Commissioning ceremony of USS Tunny, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Sep 1942, photo 2 of 2	Commissioning ceremony of USS Tunny, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Sep 1942, photo 2 of 2; note Sunfish alongside, Whale in background	Soviet soldier throwing a grenade near Stalingrad, Russia, 1 Sep 1942	Supplies of food being delivered to Leningrad, Russia over Lake Ladoga, 1 Sep 1942

The officers of the newly commissioned USS Tunny, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Sep 1942	Soviet troops fighting in the ruins of Stalingrad, Russia, 2 Sep 1942	Upward bulge in the flight deck of USS Enterprise as the result of a bomb exploding below decks. The damage occurred in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 Aug 1942 but the photo was taken 2 Sep 1942 at Tongatabu, Tonga Islands. Note the cruiser USS San Juan.	Allied prisoner of war signing a pledge not to make escape attempts, Selarang Barracks, Changi, Singapore, circa 4 Sep 1942

Laffey steaming alongside another American ship, South Pacific, 4 Sep 1942	US Army B-34 bomber in flight, 4 Sep 1942	Japanese troops arriving on Guadalcanal, circa early Sep 1942; note Savo Island in background	British Army Major Vladimir Peniakoff posing with a Jeep en route to Barce, Libya, early Sep 1942; note Vickers K twin machine gun