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Overhead view of plane handlers spotting an SB2C Helldiver aboard USS Bennington, early 1945. This view offers a good look at the large surface area of the Helldiver’s tail plane.	Overhead view of the landing beaches on Iwo Jima, covered with freshly landed supplies, Mar 1945

Personnel being taken aboard the Independence-class carrier USS Langley by high wire while underway off Okinawa, Japan, Mar 1945.	Pfc Angelo B. Reina of the 391st Infantry Regiment guarded his post, Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii, Mar 1945

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.	Photo of Essex-class carrier USS Randolph taken from the back seat of an SB2C Helldiver that had just launched, Feb or Mar 1945, Pacific

Plane handlers pushing an F6F-5N Hellcat night fighter of Fighting Squadron VF-82 off an elevator and onto the Hangar Deck of USS Bennington, early 1945	Private First Class John J. Helus (with BAR) and Corporal John A. Hicks (with M1), Iwo Jima, Japan, circa Feb-Mar 1945

Recently liberated Jewish civilians, Budapest, Hungary, Feb-Mar 1945	Regimental Chaplain John Craven of US 14th Marine Regiment performing a Christian baptism for a soldier of US 476th Amphibious Truck Company at Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945

Retreat ceremonies at the WAVES Yeoman school, Naval Training School, Milledgeville, Georgia, United States, circa early 1945	SB2C Helldiver aircraft of US Navy Bombing Squadron 17 preparing for launch from USS Hornet (Essex-class) for strikes against Japan, Mar 1945

Ships making smoke screen off Iwo Jima per original caption, but appearance of battleship Colorado or Maryland in a photo of this set indicate it might have been Okinawa; circa 1945, photo 1 of 2	Ships making smoke screen off Iwo Jima per original caption, but appearance of battleship Colorado or Maryland in a photo of this set indicate it might have been Okinawa; circa 1945, photo 2 of 2

SS Davidson Victory under construction, Kaiser Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation yard, Portland, Oregon, United States, Mar 1945	TBM-3 Avenger of Marine Torpedo Squadron 242 at Motoyama #2 airstrip, Iwo Jima preparing for Anti-Submarine Patrol, Feb-Mar 1945

Two identified men of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) at a ration dump in northern Burma, 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.	United States Marine inspecting an abandoned Japanese Type 95 light tank on Iwo Jima, Japan, Mar 1945.