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| USS Missouri and USS Iowa en route to Japan, Aug 1945 | USS San Diego in camouflage Measure 33, Design 24d, off Japan, Aug 1945 |
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| 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 in front of a hut on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945. TSgt Jesse Kupferberg is at right on the cot. |
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| William Laurence on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945. | Wreck of light cruiser Oyodo west of Etajima, Hiroshima, Japan, post 28 Jul 1945 |
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| 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 |
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| Clement Attlee, Harry Truman, Vyacheslav Molotov, and Joseph Stalin during the Potsdam Conference, Germany, 1 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2 | Clement Attlee, Harry Truman, Vyacheslav Molotov, and Joseph Stalin during the Potsdam Conference, Germany, 1 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2 |
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| Fires raging in Toyama, Japan during an American air raid, 1 Aug 1945 | MacArthur saluted as the US National Anthem was played, Philippines, 1 Aug 1945 |
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| Map depicting the proposed invasion routes of Operation Olympic | US Navy African-American Seaman 1st Class Charlie Dunston, recent amputee, recovering at the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 1 Aug 1945 |
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| Estimated Japanese troop depositions in Kyushu, Japan, 2 Aug 1945 | King George VI inspecting the crew of USS Augusta, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, 2 Aug 1945 |
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| King George VI of the United Kingdom and US President Harry Truman aboard HMS Renown, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, 2 Aug 1945; note USS Augusta in background | King George VI returning the salute of American servicemen aboard USS Augusta, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, 2 Aug 1945; the monarch was visiting President Harry Truman aboard this ship |
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| MacArthur smoking his corncob pipe, probably at Manila, Philippine Islands, 2 Aug 1945 | Map depicting the proposed invasion routes of Operation Coronet |
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