Photos Taken in Japan | World War II Database

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US Marine F4U Corsair fighter dropping a fire bomb on a Japanese position in northern Okinawa, Japan, circa Apr-Jun 1945	US Marine observing a Japanese position as a flame thrower attacked it, Okinawa, Japan, May 1945

US Marine Private John Drugan and his war dog, Okinawa, Japan, May 1945	US Marines 1st Lieutenant Merril McLane and Corporal Howard Cox with stray dog Motobu on Okinawa, Japan, 1945

US Marines advancing up a hill, Okinawa, Japan, circa Apr-Jun 1945	US Navy corpsman tending to a wounded US Marine, Okinawa, Japan, May 1945; note rifle as makeshift plasma holder

Ships in Kerama Retto anchorage near Okinawa, Japan spreading an anti-kamikaze smoke screen, 3 May 1945, as viewed from USS Sargent Bay. Note TBM Avenger and FM-2 Wildcat aircraft in foreground.	Royal Navy Avenger aircraft flying from HMS Indomitable in flight over Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan, 9 May 1945; note fire and explosions on the airfield

US Marine Private First Class Paul E. Ison running through Japanese fire at 'Death Valley', Okinawa, Japan, 10 May 1945	US Marine flamethrower and rifle squad attacking a Japanese position on Okinawa, Japan, 11 May 1945

F6F Hellcats of the United States Navy Fighting Squadron VF-12 flying from USS Randolph firing HVAR air-to-surface rockets at targets in western Kyushu, Japan, May 1945.	Men of US Marine Corps 6th Division entering Naha, Okinawa, 17 May 1945

Men of US Marine Corps 6th Division at Naha, Okinawa, Japan, May 1945	US Marine sniper, Naha, Okinawa, Japan, 1945

US Marines surveying a suspected Japanese position, Shuri, Okinawa, Japan, May 1945	Lieutenant General Simon Buckner, Jr., Major General Lemuel Shepperd, and Brigadier General William Clement on Okinawa, Japan, 22 May 1945

Japanese Type 1 Kaitens on the deck of mother-sub I-361 at the Hikari Naval Base, 23 May 1945.	Aerial view looking southward over Iwo Jima's South Airfield (formerly Japanese Airfield # 1), with Mount Suribachi in the distance, 26 May 1945; note B-29 bombers on the field

Corporal Yukio Araki (with puppy) with fellow pilots of Japanese Army 72nd Shinbu Squadron, Bansei Airfield, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 26 May 1945	Men of 1st Battalion of US 4th Marine Regiment setting up camp on 'Sugar Loaf' on Okinawa, Japan, 26 May 1945