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Aerial view of Tokyo, Japan, early 1945	American National Cemetery, Davao Penal Colony, Philippines, 1940s	American soldier with M1 Garand rifle in the Philippine Islands, circa 1945	Associated Press war correspondent J. Norman Lodge, circa 1945. Lodge wrote a detailed account of the Yamamoto mission of 18 Apr 1943 that had some significant ramifications.

B-29 Superfortress bombers of the 462nd Bomb Group taxiing through West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1945.	B-29 Superfortress bombers of US 73rd Bomb Wing flying near Mount Fuji, Japan, 1945	Barracks, Davao Penal Colony, Philippines, 1940s	Bombing results on the Japanese airstrip at Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1945. Despite the pounding delivered to this site, war’s end found 3 fire control facilities and 40 anti-aircraft guns still operational

Chinese children celebrating on top of a Jeep, circa 1945; the occasion was either the opening of Ledo Road or victory over Japan	Chinese troops fighting during the Salween Offensive, Burma, circa late 1944 or early 1945	Civilians of Kunming, Yunnan Province, China celebrating the arrival of the first convoy across the Ledo Road, early 1945	Davao Penal Colony entrance, Philippines, 1940s

FG-1D Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-323 flying over Okinawa, Japan, 1945	Flight crews gather around a PBY-5A Catalina patrol plane on a Marsden Mat seaplane ramp in the Aleutians, 1944-45. Note oil splatters on the hull from the notoriously leaky radial engines.	Fully loaded DUKW coming ashore in the Philippine Islands, circa 1944	General Douglas MacArthur in a Ford GPW Jeep at US 43rd Division Command Post area, Philippine Islands, 1945

Ground crews arming a B-29 Superfortress of the 500th Bomb Group at Isley Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944-45.	Heilbronn, Germany in ruins, 1945	Kwajalein Airstrip, Marshall Islands, as seen from a US Marine PBJ-1 Mitchell bomber of bombing squadron VMB-613, 1944-1945.	Late version of the Mile Zero signpost of the Stilwell Road at Ledo, Assam, India, 1945