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Comprehensive survey of the wreck of the USS Arizona on the floor of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii commissioned by the National Park Service and conducted by the University of Arizona, 1986	Brass marker affixed to the Verandah Deck of the USS Missouri on the spot where the Japanese surrender was signed 2 Sept 1945. This is at least the third marker used and is now on the Missouri museum ship in Pearl Harbor	The entrance to Ouvrage Schoenenbourg along the Maginot Line in Alsace	Underwater image of the Japanese Type A midget submarine sunk by USS Ward as the first casualty of the Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 Dec 1941. Note shell hole. 28 Aug 2002 photo by Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL).

US Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Terry Scott inspecting an old Japanese Type 96 25mm gun at Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Mar 2003	American military cemetery at Normandy, summer 2003	United States Forest Service sign marking the spot where the United States suffered the first aerial bombing attack in history, Mount Emily, Oregon, United States. 2003 photo.	A disarmed 'bouncing bomb' on display at the Duxford Imperial War Museum,Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Feb 2005

Lugou Bridge, near Beijing, China, 20 Aug 2005	Pointe du Hoc promontory, Normandie, France, 13 Oct 2005	Invitation to attend the Wannsee Conference sent by Reinhard Heydrich to Martin Luther, on display at the Wannsee Conference House Memorial, Berlin, Germany, May 2006	Wreck of submarine tender Heian Maru, Truk (Chuuk), Caroline Islands, 19 Jul 2006, photo 1 of 2

Wreck of submarine tender Heian Maru, Truk (Chuuk), Caroline Islands, 19 Jul 2006, photo 2 of 2	Peleliu artwork on display at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, United States, 15 Jan 2007	Tarawa artwork on display at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, United States, 15 Jan 2007	Tarawa display in the Leatherneck Gallery at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, United States, 15 Jan 2007, photo 1 of 2

Tarawa display in the Leatherneck Gallery at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, United States, 15 Jan 2007, photo 2 of 2	The Wake Island exhibit at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, United States, 15 Jan 2007	Model of the atomic bomb 'Fat Man' on display at the West Point Museum, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, United States, 22 Sep 2007	Replica of the Japanese instrument of surrender on display at the West Point Museum, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, United States, 22 Sep 2007