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American aircraft carrier under construction, 12 Aug 1945	Harry Truman announcing Japan's surrender at the White House, Washington, DC, United States, 14 Aug 1945

The famous kiss at Times Square, New York, New York, United States, 14 Aug 1945	After the announcement of the Japanese surrender, crewmen broke into a spontaneous celebration on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, Aug 15 1945.

James Forrestal, Henry Stimson, George Marshall, Ernest King, Henry Arnold, and others at a Medal of Honor presentation ceremony, White House, Washington DC, United States, 23 Aug 1945	A captured Japanese paper Fu-Go Type A balloon bomb, reinflated for testing, being wheeled out of the blimp hangar at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Mountain View, California, United States, 27 Aug 1945.

American physicist Harry Daghlian's radiation-burned right hand 9 days after he had manually stopped a prompt critical fission reaction during an accident with a plutonium sphere, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States, 29 Aug 1945; he would die from radiation poisoning 16 days after this photograph was taken	USS Natoma Bay and USS Anzio at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 29 Aug 1947

Carol Hebble in a Jeep, Page Field, Florida, United States, 1945	Commodore Dixie Kiefer at his desk at Quonset Point, Rhode Island, United States, 1945. Note the cast on his arm from injuries sustain several months earlier aboard USS Ticonderoga.

Crew members of the submarine USS Sailfish gather on the after deck in Groton, Connecticut, United States in Sep 1945 still celebrating the news that Japan had surrendered.	Department heads at the United States Navy’s Naval Torpedo Station, Alexandria, Virginia posing with the last Mark XIV torpedo produced at the facility, Aug 1945.

William Donovan awarding Virginia Hall the Distinguished Service Cross, Sep 1945	William Laurence and J. Robert Oppenheimer at the Trinity test site during a press visit, Sep 1945.

William Laurence with one of his characteristically loud neckties and Major General Leslie Groves at the Trinity test site during a press visit, Sep 1945.	J. Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves at the Trinity test site during a press visit, New Mexico, United States, 1 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 2

J. Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves at the Trinity test site during a press visit, New Mexico, United States, 1 Sep 1945, photo 2 of 2	Captain Jesse McClure (at microphone) relieving Captain George Dufek as commanding officer of escort carrier USS Bogue at Alameda, California, United States, 7 Sep 1945.

Enterprise making 20 knots during post-overhaul trials, Puget Sound, 13 Sep 1945	Jonathan Wainwright decorated with Medal of Honor by US President Harry Truman, 14 Sep 1945