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Jürgen Stroop at Polish court, Warsaw, Poland, 1951	Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida and his aide Jiro Shirasu in a passenger aircraft en route to the San Francisco Peace Conference, Sep 1951

Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signing the Treaty of San Francisco, California, United States, 8 Sep 1951, photo 1 of 2	Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signing the Treaty of San Francisco, California, United States, 8 Sep 1951, photo 2 of 2

Map showing British radar range between Sep 1939 and Sep 1940, published in 1953	Map of the layout of Lidice, Czechoslovakia. A symbol of a cross with a wreath marks the location of the Horák family farm where all 173 of Lidice’s men were murdered by the SS on 10 Jun 1942.

Crew of the USS Bennington honoring the sunken USS Arizona as she passes in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 31 May 1958. Note that Bennington now has an angled flight deck and a starboard side deck edge aircraft elevator.	1959 chart of Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands.

Japanese Type A Kō-hyōteki-class midget submarine used in the Pearl Harbor Attack recovered from the Keehi Lagoon off Honolulu, Hawaii, 6 Jul 1960. A floating heavy-lift crane is lowering the submarine onto a lighter.	USS Current alongside Pearl Harbor Salvage Dock as Floating Crane YD-121 lifts a Japanese Type A Kō-hyōteki-class midget submarine used in the Pearl Harbor Attack salvaged from Oahu’s Keehi Lagoon, 14 Jul 1960.

Celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Japanese surrender in Taiwan, Taipei City Hall (now Zhongshan Hall), Taipei, Taiwan, 25 Oct 1965, photo 1 of 2	Celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Japanese surrender in Taiwan, Taipei City Hall (now Zhongshan Hall), Taipei, Taiwan, 25 Oct 1965, photo 2 of 2

Painting 'Battle of the River Plate' by Edward Tufnell	American tank rusting off Betio, Tarawa Atoll, post-war

Annotated diagram of a Japanese Fu-Go Type A balloon bomb from top to bottom.	California historical marker at the main entrance of the Manzanar Relocation Center for deported Japanese-Americans, Inyo County, California, United States. The plaque was placed on 14 Apr 1973.

Jimmy Carter and Giscard d'Estaing visited monument on Omaha Beach, Normandy, 5 Jan 1978	Canadian Coast Guard shore party making the first examination of the remnants of German Weather Station Kurt on the Hutton Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada on 21 Jul 1981, 38 years after it was deployed.

Mrs. Nancy Reagan laying flowers at the Omaha Beach Memorial Cemetery, Normandy, France, 11 Jun 1982	President Ronald Reagan spoke at the 40th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1984