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Aerial view of Peleliu in Oct 1946. Many facilities have been built and the jungle growth has returned to the coral island since the fierce fighting of 1944 stripped it bare. Even so, the contours of the Umurbrogol Mountains can easily be seen.	Bai Chongxi visiting family in Guangxi Province, China, late 1946

Ebisu neighborhood of Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, Oct 1946	Ebisu neighborhood of Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, Oct 1946

Hjalmar Schacht and Franz von Papen during the Nuremberg Trials, Sep-Oct 1946	Overhead view of Barbers Point Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii, Oct 1946

Rudolf Höss during the Nuremberg Trials, Germany, late 1946	USS Parche arriving at Mare Island Naval Shipyard for deactivation overhaul, 14 Oct 1946. Parche had already withstood two atomic bomb explosions at Bikini Atoll and a decontamination process at Pearl Harbor.

Corpse of Hermann Göring, Palace of Justice, Nürnberg, Germany, 16 Oct 1946; he had committed suicide by ingesting cyanide on the previous date	The body of Alfred Jodl after being hanged, Nuremberg, Germany, 16 Oct 1946

The body of Alfred Rosenberg after his execution, Nürnberg, Germany, 16 Oct 1946	The body of Joachim von Ribbentrop after his execution, Nürnberg, Germany, 16 Oct 1946

The body of Wilhelm Keitel, 16 Oct 1946	The remains of Wilhelm Frick after his execution by hanging, Nuremberg, Germany, 16 Oct 1946

USS Dentuda, USS Searaven, and USS Tuna in foreground, with USS Parche, USS Bluegill, and USS Hackleback also present, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Oct 1946	USS Parche at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Oct 1946

Chiang Kaishek and Song Meiling at an airfield in Taiwan, Republic of China, 21 Oct 1946	Incomplete light carrier Ibuki being taken apart at Sasebo, Japan, 22 Oct 1946

The first photo from space, 24 Oct 1946; taken from a Devry 35mm movie camera attached to a V2 rocket at altitude of 65 miles; the rocket was launched from US Army White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, United States	Chiang Kaishek during anniversary celebrations of the liberation, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, 25 Oct 1946