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Men of US 255th Infantry Regiment moved through Waldenburg, Württemberg-Hohenzollern, Germany, mid-Apr 1945	Minoru Genda and Yoshio Shiga of Japanese 343rd Naval Air Group, Matsuyama Airfield, Japan, spring 1945

Mizushima industrial region of Osaka Prefecture, Japan after American aerial bombing, 1945	MTech Sgt Lloyd M Staggs cleans the bore of a 75mm cannon mounted in the nose of a PBJ-1 Mitchell of Marine Squadron VMB-613, Kwajalein, April 1945. Note also the six Browning M2 .50 cal machine guns.

North American P-51D Mustangs of the 46th Fighter Squadron on Iwo Jima prepare for mission, Mar 1945. Note the twin oversized drop tanks of the Very Long Range (VLR) escorts.	P-51 Mustang fighter 'My Girl' taking off from Iwo Jima, 1945

P-51 Mustang fighter being serviced at an airfield near Frankfurt, Germany, Mar-Apr 1945; note the wrecked German Fw 190 D9 aircraft in foreground	P-51D Mustang in the maintenance area at Poltava Air Base, Ukraine, Apr 1945. This was one of the last stragglers from Operation Frantic that flew its last operational mission seven months earlier.

P-61 Black Widow and P-51 Mustang fighters at Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945; note one TBM Avenger (wings folded) and one C-46 Commando aircraft in background	Pacific Electric streetcars (the Red Cars) waiting on Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, California, United States, Apr 1945. These cars are labeled “CalShip Special” and are waiting for shipyard workers.

Partly completed Heinkel He-162 Volksjäger jet fighters in a salt mine at Tarthun (now Bördeaue), Germany, April 1945.	PBM-5 Mariner aircraft of US Navy Patrol Bombing Squadron VPB-26 aboard seaplane tender USS Norton Sound, Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Apr 1945

PBM-5 Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol bombing squadron VPB-27 at Tanapag, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Apr 1945. Page 1 of 2.	PBM-5 Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol bombing squadron VPB-27 at Tanapag, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Apr 1945. Page 2 of 2.

Personnel of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) boarding a C-47 aircraft, Lashio Airfield, Shan, Burma, Apr 1945	Portrait of Jack Heyn, Apr 1945

Portrait of Lieutenant Commander Joseph T. O'Callahan, circa spring 1945, as seen in publication 'Medal of Honor, 1861-1948, The Navy', page 231	Portrait of Lieutenant Donald Gary, circa 1945, as seen in publication 'Medal of Honor, 1861-1948, The Navy', page 191

Roadblocks at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany, early Apr 1945	Ruins of Aomori, Japan, 1945