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United States Navy Third Fleet outside Tokyo Bay, Japan, Aug 1945 soon after the Japanese surrender. Visible are at least five fleet carriers, three light carriers, three battleships, and numerous escorts.	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 1 of 3	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 2 of 3	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

US personnel checking an atomic bomb casing, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1945	USSR Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov, US Secretary of State James Byrnes, and UK Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Anthony Eden at Potsdam, Germany, Jul-Aug 1945	William Laurence on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945.	Wreck of light cruiser Oyodo west of Etajima, Hiroshima, Japan, post 28 Jul 1945

Wreck of light cruiser Oyodo west of Etajima, Hiroshima, Japan, post 28 Jul 1945	American Private First Class Lee Harper, wounded at Normandy, was greeted by his 2-year-old sister Janet, whom he had never seen before, as his mother and wife looked on, New York City, 1 Aug 1945	Clement Attlee, Harry Truman, Vyacheslav Molotov, and Joseph Stalin during the Potsdam Conference, Germany, 1 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2	Clement Attlee, Harry Truman, Vyacheslav Molotov, and Joseph Stalin during the Potsdam Conference, Germany, 1 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2

Fires raging in Toyama, Japan during an American air raid, 1 Aug 1945	Map depicting the proposed invasion routes of Operation Olympic	Estimated Japanese troop depositions in Kyushu, Japan, 2 Aug 1945	Map depicting the proposed invasion routes of Operation Coronet

Captain William Sterling Parsons and Colonel Paul Tibbets, Jr. briefed the crew of B-29 Superfortress 'Enola Gay' before the Hiroshima attack, 5 Aug 1945	Crew of 'Enola Gay' over Hiroshima, Japan: Maj. Thomas W. Ferebee, bombardier; Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. pilot; Capt. Theodore J. Van Kirk, navigator; Capt. Robert Lewis, officer crew; 5 Aug 1945	USAAF Colonel Paul Tibbets and his crew of B-29 Superfortress bomber 'Enola Gay', 5 Aug 1945	'Little Boy' bomb in a bomb pit, ready to be loaded onto B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay', Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 3