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Aerial view of Kagi Airfield, Tainan, Taiwan, 1944-1945	Aerial view of Koshun Airfield, southern Taiwan, date unknown

Aerial view of Lübeck, Germany, 1945, seen from an American aircraft; Lübecker Flenderwerke shipyard located just right of center in this photo	Aerial view of Osaka, Japan, circa early 1945

Aerial view of Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 1945	Aerial view of Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 1945

Aerial view of the airstrip facilities on Falalop Island, Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 1945. Falalop was the center of the aerial patrol efforts to protect the US Navy’s forward anchorage at Ulithi.	Aerial view of Tokyo, Japan, early 1945

Aerial view of Tokyo, Japan, early 1945	African-American men of USCG Horse Patrol Unit atop their steeds in New Jersey, United States, date unknown; left to right: Seamen 1st Class C. Johnson, Jesse Willis, Joseph Washington, Frank Garcia

African-American US Coast Guard Radioman 3rd Class Joseph K. Noel performing work aboard a frigate in the North Pacific, date unknown	African-American US Coast Guard Steward's Mate 3rd Class Dorall Austin manning his 20-mm Oerlikon autocannon aboard an assault transport in the Pacific, date unknown

African-American US Coast Guardsmen aboard a cutter in the Atlantic, date unknown; L to R: Atwood Taylor, Richard Mitchell, R. E. Bird, Robert Woldon, Grover Taylor, Jacob Lawrence	African-American US Coast Guardsmen studying the assembly of a 20-mm AA gun aboard a ship, date unknown

African-American US Marines in training with cargo nets, Camp Gilbert H. Johnson, Montford Point, Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States, 1945	African-American US Maritime Service Captain Clifton Lastic of Liberty Ship SS Bert Williams talking with President of National Maritime Union Joe Curran, date unknown

African-American US Maritime Service trainee Clifford R. Jenkins, Jr. at the base at Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United States, date unknown	African-American US Merchant Marine Boatswain Maxie Weisbarth learning navigation from Chief Mate Earl Stanfield aboard a Victory Ship, Pacific Ocean, date unknown

African-American US Navy WAVE Apprentice Seaman Frances Bates inspecting an engine for a Wildcat fighter aircraft, US Naval Training School, Bronx, New York, United States, 1945	After an attempted landing on the training aircraft carrier USS Sable, an F6F Hellcat barely hangs onto the catwalks. Lake Michigan, United States, 1945.