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Japanese Navy Vice Admiral Ruitaro Fujita arriving at Government House, Hong Kong, for the surrender ceremonies while escorted by a Royal Marine, 16 Sep 1945. Note Thompson M1A1.	TBM-3 Avenger aircraft launching from USS Makin Island en route Wakayama, Japan to cover the evacuation of Allied prisoners of war, Sep 1945

A reassembled German V2 ballistic rocket on a stand for Allied testing at former the Krupps proving grounds at Cuxhaven, Germany, Oct 1945.	A reassembled German V2 ballistic rocket on a stand for Allied testing at the former Krupps proving grounds at Cuxhaven, Germany, Oct 1945. Note smoke beginning to escape from the rocket as part of the launch sequence.

Soviet troops in northern Korea, Oct 1945	Soviet naval infantrymen flying the navy ensign at Port Arthur (Ryojun or Lushunkou), Liaoning, China, 1 Oct 1945

A German V2 rocket at the moment of launch during Allied tests at the former Kupps proving grounds, Cuxhaven, Germany, 10 Oct 1945.	USS Ticonderoga arriving at Tacoma, Washington, United States as part of Operation Magic Carpet, Oct 27, 1945. Note the deck numbers already repainted in peace-time white & balloons supporting the Homeward Bound Pennant

USS San Diego in drydock No. 2 of Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Nov 1945, photo 1 of 2	USS San Diego in drydock No. 2 of Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Nov 1945, photo 2 of 2

Graphic from post-war US Army-published Yank Magazine depicting how the VT Radio Proximity Fuze created an air burst with an artillery shell, 5 Nov 1945.	Children playing with a Panzerschreck launcher left behind by German troops, southern Netherlands, 24 Dec 1945

Diagram of the Disney Bomb from the United States Army Air Force’s Project Ruby Report, 1946.	Diagram showing the comparative sizes of the six bombs tested in the joint Royal Air Force/United States Army Air Force’s Project Ruby. From the Project Ruby Report, 1946.

Japanese Type 93 torpedo on display at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States, circa 1945. This torpedo beached itself on Guadalcanal in 1943 and was later put on display.	Man with Sten gun, Gan Shmuel, Palestine, 1944-1947

Norden bombsight M1, date unknown	Schematic drawing of the V-1 flying bomb prepared by the United States Army after their post-war analysis of the device.

I-58's forward torpedo room, showing 21-inch tubes for the Type 95 torpedo, 28 Jan 1946	O'Callahan at military mass at the high altar of Candaleria Cathedral, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt's shakedown cruise, Feb 1946; note US Marine with M1 rifle on left