WW2 Photographs in Color | World War II Database

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Bombing leaflet dropped on Japanese cities 72 hours before a bombing strike encouraging citizens to flee. Over 5 million of them were delivered to 35 Japanese cities by 1 Aug 1945.	Fw 190 D-9 'Langnasen-Dora' aircraft at rest at an airfield, captured by Americans, post-European War; note P-47 fighters in background	Hobart off Subic Bay, Aug 1945	LeMay bombing leaflet; over 5 million of them were delivered to Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and 33 other Japanese cities by 1 Aug 1945, encouraging Japanese citizens to flee from cities for safety

Lieutenant Collins and Chief Pay Clerk Carmine Palumbo of USS Sanborn, circa 1945	Lieutenant Howard W. Whalen (in grey uniform) with other officers of USS Sanborn, 1945	Lieutenant Howard W. Whalen holding binoculars aboard USS Sanborn, 1945, photo 1 of 2	Lieutenant Howard W. Whalen holding binoculars aboard USS Sanborn, 1945, photo 2 of 2

Lieutenant Howard W. Whalen with binoculars, circa 1945	Lieutenant Howard W. Whalen, aboard APA Sanborn, 1945	Lieutenant Howard W. Whalen, New Caledonia, 1945	Lieutenant Rudy Holmes standing by a telescope on the bridge of Sanborn, circa 1945

Sanborn officer Ensign Andrew M. Klein, 1945	Sanborn officers Lieutenant (jg) Carl Jackson, Ensign Louis V. Shepard, and Ensign Andrew M. Klein, 1945	Sanborn's officers Lieutenant (jg) Wilson O. Kaden, Lieutenant (jg) Carl Jackson, Ensign Louis V. Shepard, New Caledonia, 1945	Several US Navy officers posed by a facility sign on Tulagi, Solomon Islands, circa 1945

Three of Sanborn's enlisted crew members, circa 1945	US and Australian cruisers enter Subic Bay, Philippines, Aug 1945	US Navy electrician's mate spraying 'Fat Man' bomb with plastic paint in front of Assembly Building Number 2, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 3 of 3	MacArthur saluted as the US National Anthem was played, Philippines, 1 Aug 1945