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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	Comprehensive survey of the wreck of the USS Arizona on the floor of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii commissioned by the National Park Service and conducted by the University of Arizona, 1986

Brass marker affixed to the Verandah Deck of the USS Missouri on the spot where the Japanese surrender was signed 2 Sept 1945. This is at least the third marker used and is now on the Missouri museum ship in Pearl Harbor	The entrance to Ouvrage Schoenenbourg along the Maginot Line in Alsace

US Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Terry Scott inspecting an old Japanese Type 96 25mm gun at Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Mar 2003	American military cemetery at Normandy, summer 2003

United States Forest Service sign marking the spot where the United States suffered the first aerial bombing attack in history, Mount Emily, Oregon, United States. 2003 photo.	A disarmed 'bouncing bomb' on display at the Duxford Imperial War Museum,Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Feb 2005

Lugou Bridge, near Beijing, China, 20 Aug 2005	Pointe du Hoc promontory, Normandie, France, 13 Oct 2005

Invitation to attend the Wannsee Conference sent by Reinhard Heydrich to Martin Luther, on display at the Wannsee Conference House Memorial, Berlin, Germany, May 2006	Wreck of submarine tender Heian Maru, Truk (Chuuk), Caroline Islands, 19 Jul 2006, photo 1 of 2

Wreck of submarine tender Heian Maru, Truk (Chuuk), Caroline Islands, 19 Jul 2006, photo 2 of 2	Peleliu artwork on display at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, United States, 15 Jan 2007