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An ordnanceman aboard USS Wasp (Essex-class) placing tape over the gun ports on F4U Corsairs to keep dust and salt spray out of the guns before they are fired, 1945.	B-29 Superfortress bombers of the 29th Bombardment Group assembled at North Field, Guam, Mariana Islands, 1945. Note the large Square-O on the tails that painted over the tail numbers.

Brigadier General Franklin Hart, Major General Clifton Cates, and an unidentified officer (right, with glasses) at Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945	Captain Harold Cross of the Canadian Army was a balloon expert and is seen here next to a Japanese Fu-Go balloon’s ballast dropping apparatus after a balloon bomb recovery in Canada.

Chaplain John Craven conducting a religious service for men of US 14th Marine Regiment aboard USS Bollinger troop transport in the Pacific Ocean, Mar 1945. Note LCVP on davits upper left.	Cruiser USS Honolulu in Drydock #3 at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, Jan-Mar 1945. After repairs were completed, Honolulu finished her career as a training ship.

Destroyed tram cars being used as roadblocks in Berlin, Germany, Mar 1945. Note the Framo three-wheeled delivery truck passing through.	Five-Inch High-Velocity Aircraft Rockets (HVAR) on an Essex-class aircraft carrier’s bomb elevator, probably the USS Yorktown, ready for being mounted on an airplane, circa 1945.

German Volkssturm soldier demonstrating how to use a Panzerfaust, Berlin, Germany, spring 1945	German Volkssturm troops with Panzerfäuste at the S-Bahn station on Hermannstraße in the Neukölln section of Berlin, Germany, Mar 1945

Hand of a buried Japanese soldier showing through the remains of a collapsed defensive position, Iwo Jima, Mar 1945	Heinz Guderian presenting awards to German soldiers, Mar 1945

Hulk of a Japanese Type 89 127mm dual-purpose gun, Kwajalein, March 1945. This type of gun was a very common air defense weapon in the Central Pacific Theater.	Japanese POW taken at Iwo Jima, Mar 1945

Lieutenant General Helmuth Reymann inspecting defenses, Berlin, Germany, Mar 1945	LST-1041 loaded with Higgins 78-foot PT-Boats (PT-626, PT-627, PT-628, & PT-634) in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, Mar 1945. These boats were taken to Puget Sound where they were transferred to the USSR

Mark XIII torpedoes on the deck edge elevator of USS Bennington ready for loading onto TBM Avenger torpedo bombers, off Okinawa, March 1945. Note wooden drag rings on the noses and stabilizers fitted to tails.	Me 410B-2 Hornisse aircraft, captured by Russian troops in East Prussia, spring 1945

Member of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) 'Okie' playing baseball, Hsenwi, Burma, Mar 1945	Observers on the front lines relaying enemy positions back to their artillery crew, Iwo Jima, Feb-Mar 1945