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USS Cero at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, circa 30 Jul 1945	Lynde McCormick, Charles Cooke, Ernest King, and George Marshall at Montgomery House, Malta, 31 Jul 1945	'A second kiss for Hirohito' message on the side of 'Fat Man' bomb by Rear Admiral W. R. Purnell while the bomb was in Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945	'Fat Man' bomb arriving at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2

'Fat Man' bomb arriving at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2	'Fat Man' bomb being transported toward North Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945	'Fat Man' implosion device being assembled, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945	A captured and partially reinflated Japanese Fu-Go Type A balloon bomb inside the blimp hangar at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Mountain View, California, United States, Aug 1945.

A captured and reinflated Japanese Fu-Go paper Type A balloon being evaluated at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Mountain View, California, United States, Aug 1945.	A captured and reinflated Japanese Fu-Go Type A balloon bomb on a tethered test flight at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Mountain View, California, United States, Aug 1945.	A captured and reinflated Japanese Type B Fu-Go rubberized silk balloon, Aug 1945. Probably inside the blimp hangar at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Mountain View, California, United States.	A destroyed district of Tokyo, Japan, circa Aug 1945

A Japanese soldier surrendering to Soviets, northeastern China, Aug 1945	A native man and three US Navy officers at the entrance to British Solomon Islands Police Headquarters of Tulagi, 1945	A recovered ballast dropping apparatus from a Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb that has been reassembled for demonstration purposes.	A stripped-down view of the chandelier style frame of the ballast dropping apparatus from a captured Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb.

Admiral Bruce Fraser aboard HMS Duke of York, Guam, Aug 1945	Aerial photo of Hiroshima, Japan shortly prior to the atomic bombing, Jul-Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2	Aerial photo of Hiroshima, Japan shortly prior to the atomic bombing, Jul-Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2	Aerial photo of Nagasaki, Japan shortly prior to the atomic bombing, Jul-Aug 1945