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| Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada using the intercom aboard a USMC PBJ Mitchell bomber to relay instructions to his interpreter about the location of the Japanese 100th Infantry Division headquarters, Aug 9, 1945 | Maeil Sinbo (predecessor of Seoul Sinmun) headlines, 9 Aug 1945: Death of Prince Yi U (center) and 'Enemy's Inhumane Bombing' with new type of weapon (left), 9 Aug 1945 |
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| Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 9 | Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 9 |
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| Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 3 of 9 | Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 4 of 9 |
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| Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 5 of 9 | Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 6 of 9 |
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| Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 7 of 9 | Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 8 of 9 |
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| Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 9 of 9 | New York Times reporter William Laurence and Army information officer Major George Monyhan in front of a B-29 bomber on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 9 Aug 1945. |
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| On the return trip aboard a USMC PBJ Mitchell bomber, Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada contemplates the bombing raid he just helped the Americans execute, Aug 9, 1945, Mindanao, Philippines | Telegram from Samuel Cavert to Harry Truman regarding the use of atomic bombs on Japan, 9 Aug 1945, 1 of 2 |
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| Telegram from Samuel Cavert to Harry Truman regarding the use of atomic bombs on Japan, 9 Aug 1945, 2 of 2 | US Army Ground Liaison Officer Maj Mortimer H Jordan, headphones, relays information from Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada to guide the bombing strike to the target area, Aug 9, 1945, Mindanao, Philippines |
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| US Army Ground Liaison Officer Maj Mortimer H Jordan, left, Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada, center, and interpreter Sgt Charles T Imai provide a briefing for the 1st Marine Air Wing fighter and bomber pilots, Aug 9, 1945 | US Army Ground Liaison Officer Maj Mortimer Jordan, left, Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada, center, and interpreter Sgt Charles Imai provide a briefing for fighter and bomber pilots of the 1st Marine Air Wing, Aug 9, 1945 |
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| USMC 2Lt Gordon Growden, combat correspondent, interviews Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada prior to a bombing mission against the prisoner’s former headquarters, Zamboanga, Mindanao, Aug 9, 1945 | Aerial view of Hiroshima, Japan, Aug 1945 |
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