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Japanese Type-C Escort Vessel No. 1 sinking in Taiwan Strait south of Amoy (Xiamen), China, 6 Apr 1945, having attacked by US B-25J (44-29600; 2Lt Francis A. Thompson) of 499th 'Bats Outta Hell' Bomb Squadron of 345th 'Air Apaches' Bomb Group	A Japanese special attack aircraft exploding on the deck of USS Hancock off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945

USS Hancock burning after being struck by a kamikaze special attack aircraft off Okinawa, 7 Apr 1945. Note fires burning fore and aft, and TBM Avenger flying over the carrier. Photographed from USS Pasadena.	USS Hancock maneuvering to control fires after being hit by a Japanese special attack aircraft off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945

Men of the 16th Infantry Regiment, US 1st Infantry Division crossing the Weser River into Gau Südhannover–Braunschweig near Fürstenberg, Germany, 8 Apr 1945	African-American Truman K. Gibson, Jr., Civilian Aide to the US Secretary of War, at a press conference in Washington DC, United States following his return from Europe, 9 Apr 1945

Canadian Infantry of the Regiment de Maisonneuve, moving through Holten to Rijssen, Netherlands, 9 Apr 1945	African-American boxing champion and US Army Technical Sergeant Joe Louis sewing his rank patch onto his uniform, 10 Apr 1945

Contralto singer Marian Anderson entertaining a group of African-American US Army personnel, San Antonio Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, Texas, United States, 11 Apr 1945	Japanese special attack Zero fighter crashing into USS Missouri, off Okinawa, Japan, 11 April 1945

US Army Nurse Corps Captain Della H. Raney, the first African-American nurse of the US Army in WW2, Camp Beale, California, United States, 11 Apr 1945	High school girls waving cherry blossom branches to bid farewell to Lieutenant Toshio Anazawa of Japanese Army 20th Shinbu Squadron in Ki-43 Hayabusa, Chiran Airfield, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 12 Apr 1945; Anazawa died in action west of Okinawa, Japan later on the same day at the age of 23

Pfc Mickey Rooney entertained fellow soldiers in the US 44th Division, Kist, Germany, 13 Apr 1945	US bombers attacking Lamsepo Airfield with parafrag bombs, Linkou, Taiwan, 14 Apr 1945, photo 1 of 3

US bombers attacking Lamsepo Airfield with parafrag bombs, Linkou, Taiwan, 14 Apr 1945, photo 2 of 3	US bombers attacking Lamsepo Airfield with parafrag bombs, Linkou, Taiwan, 14 Apr 1945, photo 3 of 3

Precious metals, paintings, and other loot hidden by Germans in a salt mine near Merkers, Germany, 15 Apr 1945	US Army Corporal Donald Ornitz examining a looted painting in the Merkers salt mine, Germany, Apr 1945

Aerial reconnaissance photo of Lamsepo Airfield, Linkou, Taiwan, 16 Apr 1945, photo 1 of 2	Aerial reconnaissance photo of Lamsepo Airfield, Linkou, Taiwan, 16 Apr 1945, photo 2 of 2