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The afterbody of a Mark XVIII torpedo at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island, 14 Sep 1945. The afterbodies held the electric motors with the batteries in the mid-bodies. The gyro section has been censored.	1945 Goodyear prototype F2G low altitude interceptor based on the Vought F4U-1D Corsair fitted with a twice as large four-row R7360 Wasp radial engine.

At the United States Naval Academy’s centennial exhibition, the captured U-505 and torpedo boat T35 are on display as war trophies, Annapolis, Maryland, United States, Oct 1945	Lieutenant Colonel Frazier presenting WW2 Victory Medal to African-American US Marines of 51st and 52nd Defense Battalions, Camp Gilbert H. Johnson, Montford Point, Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States, 1945

United States Navy Captain Joseph Rochefort in his position as Chief of the Pacific Strategic Intelligence Section in Washington, DC, 1945 (post-war).	Harry Truman awarding the Medal of Honor to Major Louis H. Wilson, Jr., USMC on the lawn of the White House, Washington DC, United States, 5 Oct 1945

President Truman presenting the Medal of Honor to medical corpsman Desmond Doss at the White House, Washington DC, 12 Oct 1945. The medal was for actions on Okinawa, Japan. Photo 1 of 3.	President Truman presenting the Medal of Honor to medical corpsman Desmond Doss at the White House, Washington DC, 12 Oct 1945. The medal was for actions on Okinawa, Japan. Photo 2 of 3.

President Truman presenting the Medal of Honor to medical corpsman Desmond Doss at the White House, Washington DC, 12 Oct 1945. The medal was for actions on Okinawa, Japan. Photo 3 of 3.	Japanese-American Shuichi Yamamoto shaking hands with camp director James Lindley as Granada Relocation Center in Amache, Colorado, United States closed down, 15 Oct 1945

USS Ranger entering the Mississippi River approaching New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 15 Oct 1945. Note four F8F Bearcat fighters and one TBM Avenger torpedo bomber on deck.	Battleships USS Iowa (bottom) and USS Maryland (top) alongside Pier 91 in Seattle, Washington, United States, 17 Oct 1945.

USS Enterprise being pushed by tug boats, New York, New York, United States, 17 Oct 1945	USS New Mexico, Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, United States, 17 Oct 1945, photo 1 of 2

USS New Mexico, Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, United States, 17 Oct 1945, photo 2 of 2	USS Parche and another submarine at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 19-23 Oct 1945

USS Anzio in San Francisco Bay, California, United States, 23 Oct 1945	President Truman aboard USS Missouri at the Brooklyn Navy Yard examining the deck marker on the spot where the surrender was signed in Tokyo Bay, Navy Day, 27 Oct 1945. Also Adm Jonas H Ingram and FAdm William D Leahy

USS Augusta, USS Midway, USS Enterprise, USS Missouri, USS New York, USS Helena, and USS Macon in the Hudson River in New York, New York, United States for Navy Day celebrations, 27 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