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| A B-29 Superfortress crashed during an attempted emergency landing on Iwo Jima Apr 24, 1945 and ran into nine P-51 Mustangs. | A B-29 Superfortress crashed during an attempted emergency landing on Iwo Jima Apr 24, 1945 and ran into nine P-51 Mustangs. Ground personnel wait behind a Jeep for all ammunition to cook off. |
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| German civilians exhuming remains of 140 prisoners originally from Flossenbürg Concentration Camp about 50km to the northeast, near Schwarzenfeld, Germany, 24 Apr 1945 | M24 Chaffee light tank of US Army 1st Armored Division in Bologna, Italy, late Apr 1945 |
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| Nansei sugar plant under US air attack, Kagi (now Chiayi), Taiwan, 24 Apr 1945, photo 1 of 3 | Nansei sugar plant under US air attack, Kagi (now Chiayi), Taiwan, 24 Apr 1945, photo 2 of 3 |
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| Nansei sugar plant under US air attack, Kagi (now Chiayi), Taiwan, 24 Apr 1945, photo 3 of 3 | US 3rd Army soldier guarding loot found stored in the Schlosskirche (Castle Church) at the Ellingen Castle in southern Germany, 24 Apr 1945 |
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| US Senator Alben Barkley visiting Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimar, Germany, 24 Apr 1945 |
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