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Former Navy Underground Headquarters, Okinawa, Japan, Jan 2009; photo 6 of 15; some Japanese committed suicide with grenades in this operations room, leaving walls damaged with fragments	Former Navy Underground Headquarters, Okinawa, Japan, Jan 2009; photo 7 of 15; some Japanese committed suicide with grenades in this operations room, leaving walls damaged with fragments

Former Navy Underground Headquarters, Okinawa, Japan, Jan 2009; photo 8 of 15; commanding officer's room	Former Navy Underground Headquarters, Okinawa, Japan, Jan 2009; photo 9 of 15; commanding officer's room

Himeyuri Memorial, Okinawa, Japan, Jan 2009; photo 1 of 3	Himeyuri Memorial, Okinawa, Japan, Jan 2009; photo 2 of 3

Himeyuri Memorial, Okinawa, Japan, Jan 2009; photo 3 of 3; site where high school-aged nurses committed suicide in the face of advancing American troops	Peace Memorial Park, Okinawa, Japan, Jan 2009; photo 1 of 6

Peace Memorial Park, Okinawa, Japan, Jan 2009; photo 2 of 6	Peace Memorial Park, Okinawa, Japan, Jan 2009; photo 3 of 6

Peace Memorial Park, Okinawa, Japan, Jan 2009; photo 4 of 6	Peace Memorial Park, Okinawa, Japan, Jan 2009; photo 5 of 6

Peace Memorial Park, Okinawa, Japan, Jan 2009; photo 6 of 6	US President Barack Obama placing a wreath at the USS Arizona Memorial, Hawaii, United States, 29 Dec 2011

Beach used by the US invasion, Iwo Jima, Japan, 21 Mar 2015	Battle of the Coral Sea map and infographic, published 3 May 2017

Grave of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Tama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan, 13 July 2017	Graves of Admirals Heihachiro Togo (nearest), Isoroku Yamamoto (center), and Mineichi Koga (furthest), Tama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan, 13 July 2017

Chronometer from the German U-505 at the National Museum of the United States Navy in Washington DC, United States, 20 Dec 2018.	Bow section of the USS Johnston discovered in 21,180 feet of water off Samar in late Mar 2021 and is believed to be the world’s deepest known shipwreck. The wreck was originally discovered in 2019 by the late Paul Allen’s team.