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Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 3 of 9	Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 4 of 9

Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 5 of 9	Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 6 of 9

Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 7 of 9	Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 8 of 9

Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 9 of 9	New York Times reporter William Laurence and Army information officer Major George Monyhan in front of a B-29 bomber on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 9 Aug 1945.

On the return trip aboard a USMC PBJ Mitchell bomber, Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada contemplates the bombing raid he just helped the Americans execute, Aug 9, 1945, Mindanao, Philippines	Telegram from Samuel Cavert to Harry Truman regarding the use of atomic bombs on Japan, 9 Aug 1945, 1 of 2

Telegram from Samuel Cavert to Harry Truman regarding the use of atomic bombs on Japan, 9 Aug 1945, 2 of 2	US Army Ground Liaison Officer Maj Mortimer H Jordan, headphones, relays information from Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada to guide the bombing strike to the target area, Aug 9, 1945, Mindanao, Philippines

US Army Ground Liaison Officer Maj Mortimer H Jordan, left, Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada, center, and interpreter Sgt Charles T Imai provide a briefing for the 1st Marine Air Wing fighter and bomber pilots, Aug 9, 1945	US Army Ground Liaison Officer Maj Mortimer Jordan, left, Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada, center, and interpreter Sgt Charles Imai provide a briefing for fighter and bomber pilots of the 1st Marine Air Wing, Aug 9, 1945

USMC 2Lt Gordon Growden, combat correspondent, interviews Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada prior to a bombing mission against the prisoner’s former headquarters, Zamboanga, Mindanao, Aug 9, 1945	Aerial view of Hiroshima, Japan, Aug 1945

Aerial view of Hiroshima, Japan, Aug 1945	Soldiers at the Rainbow Corner Red Cross Club in Paris, France displayed their copies of Paris Post special edition announcing Japanese surrender, 10 Aug 1945

Soviet troops entering Dalian, Liaoning, China on T-34-85 medium tanks, Aug 1945	Survivors of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 10 Aug 1945