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9 Jan 1942

Japan
14 Aug 1945

Photo(s) dated 14 Aug 1945
Reconnaissance photo showing B-29 bomb damage to the Marifu rail yards (now Iwakuni Station) outside Hiroshima, Japan, 14 Aug 1945. This was the last bombing strike on this scale of the war.

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