Kikka prototype jet aircraft with crew, Kisarazu Airfield, Japan, 7 Aug 1945Kikka prototype jet being prepared for its first flight, Kisarazu Air Field, Japan, 7 Aug 1945Kim Gu and William Donovan, XiLieutenant Colonel L. F. Maybach, with pen, completing paperwork relating to Japanese prisoner of war 2nd Lieutenant Minoru Wada, seated, Libby Field, Davao, Mindanao, Philippines, 7 Aug 1945
Kikka prototype jet aircraft with crew, Kisarazu Airfield, Japan, 7 Aug 1945Kikka prototype jet being prepared for its first flight, Kisarazu Air Field, Japan, 7 Aug 1945Kim Gu and William Donovan, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China, 7 Aug 1945Lieutenant Colonel L. F. Maybach, with pen, completing paperwork relating to Japanese prisoner of war 2nd Lieutenant Minoru Wada, seated, Libby Field, Davao, Mindanao, Philippines, 7 Aug 1945
Lieutenant George Elsey, Captain James Vardaman, and Warrant Officer Edwin Hoying aboard USS Augusta, 7 Aug 1945Small Taiwanese civilian motor boat being strafed by PB4Y-2 aircraft of US Navy VPB-104, just off Dongji Island, Pescadores Islands, 7 Aug 1945US Marine Corps PBJ Mitchell pilot Major Sidney Groff, right, adds the name of Japanese prisoner of war 2nd Lieutenant Minoru Wada to the flight manifest at Libby Field in Davao, Mindanao for transfer to Moret Field, Zamboanga, Philippines, 7 Aug 1945
Lieutenant George Elsey, Captain James Vardaman, and Warrant Officer Edwin Hoying aboard USS Augusta, 7 Aug 1945Small Taiwanese civilian motor boat being strafed by PB4Y-2 aircraft of US Navy VPB-104, just off Dongji Island, Pescadores Islands, 7 Aug 1945US Marine Corps PBJ Mitchell pilot Major Sidney Groff, right, adds the name of Japanese prisoner of war 2nd Lieutenant Minoru Wada to the flight manifest at Libby Field in Davao, Mindanao for transfer to Moret Field, Zamboanga, Philippines, 7 Aug 1945


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