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| Kikka prototype jet aircraft with crew, Kisarazu Airfield, Japan, 7 Aug 1945 | Kikka prototype jet being prepared for its first flight, Kisarazu Air Field, Japan, 7 Aug 1945 |
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| Kim Gu and William Donovan, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China, 7 Aug 1945 | Lieutenant George Elsey, Captain James Vardaman, and Warrant Officer Edwin Hoying aboard USS Augusta, 7 Aug 1945 |
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| LtCol LF Maybach, with pen, completing paperwork relating to Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada, seated, Aug 7, 1945, Libby Field, Davao, Mindanao, Philippines. | Small Taiwanese vessel being stafed by PB4Y-2 aircraft of US Navy VPB-104, just off Dongji Island, Pescadores Islands, 7 Aug 1945 |
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| USMC PBJ Mitchell pilot Maj Sidney Groff, right, adds the name of Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada to the flight manifest at Libby Field in Davao, Mindanao for transfer to Moret Field, Zamboanga, Philippines, Aug 7, 1945 |
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