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Three of Sanborn's enlisted crew members, circa 1945	Town of Ie viewed from Iegusugu Pinnacle, with Red 3 and Red 4 beaches beyond, Ie Shima, Japan, 1945

Two men at the Operation Trinity crater, circa Aug 1945	Two-seat variant of the Do-335 Pfeil (arrow) known as the Ameisenbär (anteater) on a German airfield after capture by the United States Army, mid-1945.

United States Navy Third Fleet outside Tokyo Bay, Japan, Aug 1945 soon after the Japanese surrender. Visible are at least five fleet carriers, three light carriers, three battleships, and numerous escorts.	US Navy Cmdr Marshal Austin welcoming submariners Lt Cmdr Philip Eckert and Lt (jg) William Wingate, both of USS Gar, to Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, Aug 1945

US Navy electrician's mate spraying 'Fat Man' bomb with plastic paint in front of Assembly Building Number 2, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 1 of 3	US Navy electrician's mate spraying 'Fat Man' bomb with plastic paint in front of Assembly Building Number 2, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 2 of 3

US Navy electrician's mate spraying 'Fat Man' bomb with plastic paint in front of Assembly Building Number 2, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 3 of 3	US Navy sailors Roscoe Wells and Bernard Manning holding USS Gar's battle flag, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, Aug 1945

US personnel checking an atomic bomb casing, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1945	USMC LTs Don Wilson & Gene Youngs of VMF-122 run up their F4U-1D Corsairs prior to receiving an arriving dignitary on Peleliu, Western Caroline Islands, Pacific, Aug 1945.

USS Missouri and USS Iowa en route to Japan, Aug 1945	USS San Diego in camouflage Measure 33, Design 24d, off Japan, Aug 1945

USSR Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov, US Secretary of State James Byrnes, and UK Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Anthony Eden at Potsdam, Germany, Jul-Aug 1945	William Laurence on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945.

Wreck of light cruiser Oyodo west of Etajima, Hiroshima, Japan, post 28 Jul 1945	Wreck of light cruiser Oyodo west of Etajima, Hiroshima, Japan, post 28 Jul 1945

American Private First Class Lee Harper, wounded at Normandy, was greeted by his 2-year-old sister Janet, whom he had never seen before, as his mother and wife looked on, New York City, 1 Aug 1945	Clement Attlee, Harry Truman, Vyacheslav Molotov, and Joseph Stalin during the Potsdam Conference, Germany, 1 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2