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P-51D Mustangs of the 531st Fighter Squadron lined up at South Field, Iwo Jima, Mar 25, 1945	Japanese 120mm gun protuding from a cave opening, Iwo Jima, Japan, circa Mar 1945

USS Makin Island at anchor at Kerama Retto, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 31 Mar 1945	American Marines examined the wreck of a G4M bomber at one of Iwo Jima's two operational airfields, Mar-Apr 1945

Commander of USAAF 78th Fighter Squadron Major James B. Tapp checking the fuses on his HVAR air-to-surface rockets mounted to his P-51D VLR Mustang ‘Margaret-V’ 44-73407 at South Field, Iwo Jima, spring 1945.	Devastation of Hachioji, Japan, 2 Sep 1945

Devastation of Hachioji, Japan, Oct 1945	Devastation of Hamamatsu, Japan, 1945

Ernie Pyle aboard a US Navy warship off Okinawa, Japan, 1945	F4U-1D Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMA-321 on Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945.

Japanese Army Academy Commandant Kenji Doihara, Japan, Apr-Aug 1945	Ki-100 fighter in flight, Japan, 1945

Marine Corps F4U-1D Corsairs prepare for take-off from their base on Okinawa, 1945. Note the two oversized drop tanks beneath the fuselage.	Marines on Iwo Jima crowd around a newly arrived Boeing F-13 Superfortress (photo reconnaissance variant of the B-29). 47th Fighter Squadron P-51D Mustang is in foreground, Mar-Apr 1945.

Minoru Genda and Yoshio Shiga of Japanese 343rd Naval Air Group, Matsuyama Airfield, Japan, spring 1945	Mizushima industrial region of Osaka Prefecture, Japan after American aerial bombing, 1945

North American P-51D Mustangs of the 46th Fighter Squadron on Iwo Jima prepare for mission, Mar 1945. Note the twin oversized drop tanks of the Very Long Range (VLR) escorts.	Ruins of Aomori, Japan, 1945

Ruins of Tokyo, Japan, Mar-Apr 1945	Ruins of Tokyo, Japan, Mar-Apr 1945