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A Japanese prisoner of war bowing to camp commander Lieutenant Harold F. Gannon, Guam, Aug-Sep 1945	Aerial photo of Hiroshima, Japan shortly after the atomic bombing, Aug-Sep 1945

Aerial photo of Nagasaki, Japan shortly after the atomic bombing, Aug-Sep 1945	Aerial photo taken by aircrews from USS Yorktown (Essex-class) of prisoner of war camps in Japan, Aug or Sep 1945. Note rooftop markings by POWs.

Aerial photo taken by USS Hancock aircraft showing the Japanese battleship Nagato off the Yokosuka Navy Yard, Tokyo Bay, Japan, Aug-Sep 1945	Aerial view of barren Tokyo, Japan, circa Aug-Sep 1945

American captives at Hakodate Branch Camp No. 3 in Hokkaido, Japan waving at a circling US aircraft, 1945	American captives at Hakodate Branch Camp No. 3, Hokkaido, Japan, 1945

Chinese Army General Chen Cheng during a victory celebration immediately after the Japanese surrender, China, Aug 1945	Desolated landscape of Hiroshima, Japan after the atomic detonation, post-war, photo 1 of 2; note Paul Tibbet's autograph

Desolated landscape of Hiroshima, Japan after the atomic detonation, post-war, photo 2 of 2	Destroyed building in Hiroshima, Japan, 1945

Destroyed building in Hiroshima, Japan, 1945	Devastated Osaka, Japan, circa Sep 1945; note Nankai Namba Station at far left of photo, Matsuzakaya Osaka store (now Takashimaya Higashi Annex) at bottom right edge, and Osaka Kabukiza Theater at center

Ethnic Chinese civilians celebrating WW2 victory in Singapore, Sep 1945	Former captives raising a US flag at Hakodate Branch Camp No. 3, Hokkaido, Japan, 1945

Hiroshima, Japan in ruins, 1945	Hiroshima, Japan in ruins, 1945

Hiroshima, Japan in ruins, 1945	Hiroshima, Japan in ruins, Sep 1945