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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	M26 Pershing tanks of the 2nd Armored Division on the streets of Magdeburg, Germany, mid Apr 1945

Maintenance area servicing P-51 Mustangs and one P-47 Thunderbolt of the 35th Fighter Group, Lingayen Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, Apr 1945	Man of 613th Field Artillery Battalion, US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) in a river, Burma, Apr 1945

Map depicting Allied attacks on Honshu, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and Taiwan, Feb-Apr 1945	Map of landing beaches on Okinawa, Japan, 1 Apr 1945

Marine Corps F4U-1D Corsairs prepare for take-off from their base on Okinawa, 1945. Note the two oversized drop tanks beneath the fuselage.	Marines on Iwo Jima crowd around a newly arrived Boeing F-13 Superfortress (photo reconnaissance variant of the B-29). 47th Fighter Squadron P-51D Mustang is in foreground, Mar-Apr 1945.

Member of the 894th Chemical Company inserting the fuse into a tank of napalm slung under the wing of a P-38J Lightning of the 8th Fighter Group at Elmore Airfield, Mindoro, Philippines, Apr 1945.	Member of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) George Beal entering a C-47 aircraft bound for China, Lashio Airport, Shan, Burma, Apr 1945

Members of the 894th Chemical Company mixing napalm and pumping it into a tank slung under the wing of a P-38J Lightning of the 8th Fighter Group at Elmore Airfield, Mindoro, Philippines, Apr 1945.	Members of United States Navy Bombing Squadron 87 standing in front of a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver at Kahului Naval Air Station, Maui, Hawaii, Apr 1945.