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A German Volkssturm soldier teaching a woman how to operate the Panzerfaust weapon, Germany, Mar 1945	A man inspecting the combustion chambers of a German V2 rocket that crashed in East London, Mar 1945. There were other V2s that crashed in London without exploding and much intelligence was gained from them.

A Mark XIII aerial torpedo with wooden shroud rings fore and aft being loaded from a boat into the starboard bomb bay (in the engine nacelle) of a PBM Mariner patrol aircraft, probably 1945 in the Pacific.	A Royal Canadian Navy intelligence officer approaching a downed Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb in the western Canadian provinces, circa Mar 1945. Note the incendiary bombs still attached.

Captain Edward Steichen, head of the Navy’s combat photography and Director of the Naval Photographic Institute, right, speaking with US Marine Corporal William Damato on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Mar 1945	Captain Harold Cross of the Canadian Army was a balloon expert and is seen here next to a Japanese Fu-Go balloon’s ballast dropping apparatus after a balloon bomb recovery in Canada.

Four American Marines carried a wounded comrade, Iwo Jima, Mar 1945	German troops fighting in a ruined factory in northwestern Germany, Mar 1945; note Panzerfaust

German Volkssturm soldier demonstrating how to use a Panzerfaust, Berlin, Germany, spring 1945	German Volkssturm soldier firing a Panzerfaust in training, Germany, Mar 1945

German Volkssturm soldier training with a Panzerfaust, Berlin, Germany, spring 1945	German Volkssturm troops with Panzerfäuste at the S-Bahn station on Hermannstraße in the Neukölln section of Berlin, Germany, Mar 1945

Lieutenant R. A. Tilgham studying a map with his Marines, western Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945	M1 mortar team on near the Rhine River, Germany, 1945

March 1945 Nomenclature and Operation guide for the Norden bombsight.	Mark XIII torpedoes on the deck edge elevator of USS Bennington ready for loading onto TBM Avenger torpedo bombers, off Okinawa, March 1945. Note wooden drag rings on the noses and stabilizers fitted to tails.

PFC Karl, a Marine Devil Dog Doberman Pinscher of the 6th War Dog Platoon, at a Japanese cave entrance. If the cave has an enemy, the dog is trained to give an alert signal. Iwo Jima, Mar 1945.	Private First Class John J. Helus (with BAR) and Corporal John A. Hicks (with M1), Iwo Jima, Japan, circa Feb-Mar 1945

United States Army Air Forces Major Byron Trent, commanding officer of the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group at RAF Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England with a Disney Bomb on a bomb lifting carriage, 1945.	United States Army photo of a partially deflated Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb over the Pacific Ocean, likely near the Aleutian Islands. This shows why these descending balloons were often mistaken for parachutes.