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Battleship Massachusetts firing a full main battery salvo at Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan, 9 Aug 1945; note projectiles in flight at upper left	Certainly with mixed feelings, Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada watches bombs fall on the Japanese 100th Infantry Division headquarters that he had just led the bombers to, Aug 9, 1945, Mindanao, Philippines

From the radio operator’s position in a USMC PBJ Mitchell, Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada looks for landmarks to find the Japanese 100th Infantry Division headquarters complex, Aug 9, 1945, Mindanao, Philippines	Growing mushroom cloud from the atomic bomb detonation in Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945. Note the approaching shock wave that the soldiers in the foreground are apparently not yet aware of.

Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada using the intercom aboard a USMC PBJ Mitchell bomber to relay instructions to his interpreter about the location of the Japanese 100th Infantry Division headquarters, Aug 9, 1945	Maeil Sinbo (predecessor of Seoul Sinmun) headlines, 9 Aug 1945: Death of Prince Yi U (center) and 'Enemy's Inhumane Bombing' with new type of weapon (left), 9 Aug 1945

Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 9	Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 9

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