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US Army African-American Privates George Cofield and Howard Davis manning an anti-aircraft weapon near a bridge under construction over the Rhine River, 30 Mar 1945	USS Makin Island at anchor at Kerama Retto, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 31 Mar 1945

3 TBM-1C Avengers and 2 FM-2 Wildcats of Composite Squadron 69 readying for take-off from escort carrier USS Mission Bay on an anti-submarine patrol in the Atlantic, spring 1945.	45th Fighter Squadron P-51D Mustangs flying from Iwo Jima flying with a B-29 Superfortress from the 498th Bomb Group, Mar-Apr 1945

45th Fighter Squadron P-51D Mustangs flying from Iwo Jima flying with a B-29 Superfortress from the 498th Bomb Group, Mar-Apr 1945	A French Jew at a subcamp of the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp, Nordhausen, Germany, Apr 1945

A group of US Navy flight nurses walking away from a Douglas R5D Skymaster aircraft, Guam, Marianas, Apr 1945	A Marine Corps F4U Corsair flying over Marine ground troops during a close air ground support training exercise, 1945. Note M1 Rocket Launcher (or ‘Bazooka’) and M2 Flame Thrower.

A pile of human remains at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, near Weimar, Germany, Apr 1945	Aachen in ruins, Germany, Apr 1945, photo 1 of 3

Aachen in ruins, Germany, Apr 1945, photo 2 of 3	Aachen in ruins, Germany, Apr 1945, photo 3 of 3

Aerial view of Tokashiki Island, Okinawa, Japan, 1945	Aerial view of USS Makin Island off Okinawa, Japan, 1945; note FM-2 Wildcat and TBM Avenger aircraft on the flight deck

American analysis of bombing damage upon Tokyo, Japan, 1945	American and French troops east of the Rhine River, Germany, 1945

American Marines examined the wreck of a G4M bomber at one of Iwo Jima's two operational airfields, Mar-Apr 1945	American soldiers inspecting a crematorium stuffed with several bodies, location unknown, Apr 1945

Australian Destroyer HMAS Nizam alongside carrier USS Shangri-La for refueling, April 1945. Note Corsairs of Air Group 85 spotted on the flight deck.	B-17G 'Big Yank' of the 483rd Bomber Group, circa 1945