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Aerial view of USS Makin Island off Okinawa, Japan, 1945; note FM-2 Wildcat and TBM Avenger aircraft on the flight deck	American analysis of bombing damage upon Tokyo, Japan, 1945

American and French troops east of the Rhine River, Germany, 1945	American Marines examined the wreck of a G4M bomber at one of Iwo Jima's two operational airfields, Mar-Apr 1945

American soldiers inspecting a crematorium stuffed with several bodies, location unknown, Apr 1945	Australian Destroyer HMAS Nizam alongside carrier USS Shangri-La for refueling, April 1945. Note Corsairs of Air Group 85 spotted on the flight deck.

B-17G 'Big Yank' of the 483rd Bomber Group, circa 1945	British aircraft carriers Victorious, Formidable, Unicorn, Indefatigable, and Indomitable, comprising the carrier component of Task Force 57, at anchor in Leyte Gulf, Philippines, Apr 1945.

C-47 aircraft at Lashio Airfield, Shan, Burma, Apr 1945; photo taken by personnel of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional)	C-47 aircraft taking off at Lashio Airfield, Shan, Burma, Apr 1945; photo taken by personnel of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional)

Cathedral at Cologne, Germany with the collapsed Deutz Suspension Bridge beyond, Mar 1945.	Civilians, Germany, Apr 1945

Commander of USAAF 78th Fighter Squadron Major James B. Tapp checking the fuses on his HVAR air-to-surface rockets mounted to his P-51D VLR Mustang ‘Margaret-V’ 44-73407 at South Field, Iwo Jima, spring 1945.	Crematorium at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp, Germany, Apr 1945

Destroyer USS Kimberly in Measure 32/6D paint scheme seen from an LST south of Okinawa, Japan, 29-31 Mar 1945.	Devastation of Hachioji, Japan, 2 Sep 1945

Devastation of Hachioji, Japan, Oct 1945	Devastation of Hamamatsu, Japan, 1945

Dragon's teeth anti-vehicle obstacles, Germany, Apr 1945	Ensign Louis Victor Shepard holding binoculars aboard Sanborn, 1945