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Ernie Pyle aboard a US Navy warship off Okinawa, Japan, 1945	F4U Corsair at the barrier wires after landing aboard USS Bennington around Okinawa in the Western Pacific, Apr 1945.

F4U Corsair preparing for a deck launch from USS Bennington around Okinawa in the Western Pacific, Apr 1945. Note the arrowhead geometrics that identify the plane as coming from the Bennington.	F4U-1D Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMA-321 on Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945.

Fletcher-class destroyer USS Harrison steaming alongside carrier USS Bennington as Bennington’s TBM Avengers run up their engines, early 1945 in the Western Pacific.	FM-2 Wildcat fighter of US Navy Composite Squadron 93 flying over Petrof Bay off Okinawa, Japan, March-May 1945

George Sodemann and Bev Cole of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) with L-4 liaison aircraft at Muse, Shan, Burma, Apr 1945	German horses killed by US artillery fire, near Lug, Germany, 1945

German soldier explaining the use of Panzerfaust to Berlin civilians, Germany, spring 1945	German Volkssturm troops with a MG 34 machine gun in a ruined building in Silesia, Germany (now Poland), Apr 1945

Gun camera view of a P-51 fighter preparing to strafe a train on the Pinghan Railway (now Beijing-Hankou Railway), Hebei Province, China, Apr 1945	Hand-drawn map of Taiwan-Okinawa region by British Pacific Fleet personnel, circa Apr 1945

He 162 aircraft at rest, Germany, Apr 1945	He 162 pilots of JG1 at Leck, standing in front of their jet fighters, Germany, Apr 1945

Japanese Army Academy Commandant Kenji Doihara, Japan, Apr-Aug 1945	Japanese Navy aviators resting; note G4M2e Model 24 bomber with MXY7 Ohka Model 11 aircraft in background

Ki-100 fighter in flight, Japan, 1945	LCVP Higgins Boat from Amphibious Transport Ship USS Darke transferring US Army reinforcements at Okinawa, Japan, mid-April 1945

Loading cargo onto a C-47 aircraft, Lashio Airfield, Shan, Burma, Apr 1945; photo taken by personnel of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional)	M26 Pershing heavy tank, date unknown