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Japanese Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa (3rd Fleet), General Iwane Matsui (Central China Area Army), Prince Yasuhiko of Asaka (Shanghai Expeditionary Army), and General Heisuke Yanagawa (10th Army) at a memorial for fallen Japanese soldiers at Minggugong Airfield, Nanjing, China, 18 Dec 1937	Japanese Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, General Iwane Matsui, and Prince Yasuhiko of Asaka in Nanjing, China, circa 18 Dec 1937	Japanese soldiers transporting loot with a cart at a Nanjing city wall gate, China, Dec 1937; note unburied Chinese remains	Japanese troops at the Wuxi Rail Station, Nanjing, China, Dec 1937

Dead Chinese piled on the shore of the Yangtze River near Xiaguan Pier, Nanjing, China, Dec 1937	Dead Chinese piled on the shore of the Yangtze River, Nanjing, China, Dec 1937	Japanese soldiers with a Chinese child, Nanjing, China, 19 Dec 1937	Joseph Goebbels with daughters Helga and Hilde at a large Christmas party amidst the playing of a patriotic song, 23 Dec 1937

Mahan-class destroyer USS Tucker leaving Norfolk Navy Yard after completion, 2 Mar 1937.	139WC aircraft at rest, 1930s	15 cm sFH 18 heavy field artillery in Chinese Army service, date unknown	A Bf 109 being serviced, circa late 1930s

A Boeing 314 operated by Pan American Airways as the 'California Clipper' passes the Ewa mooring mast and the Ewa Sugar Mill on approach to its Pearl Harbor landing area, 1938.	A captured Vickers 6-ton Mk. E Type B light tank, Shanghai, China, circa 1937-1938	A Chinese military police unit during a review, Chongqing, China, 1938, photo 1 of 4	A Chinese military police unit during a review, Chongqing, China, 1938, photo 2 of 4

A Chinese military police unit during a review, Chongqing, China, 1938, photo 3 of 4	A Chinese military police unit during a review, Chongqing, China, 1938, photo 4 of 4	A column of Japanese Type 94 Te-Ke tankettes in China, circa 1938	A group of Ki-32 aircraft at rest, circa 1930s