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Shizuoka, Japan in ruins, late 1945	Signatures of technicians on the tail of the 'Fat Man' bomb while the bomb was in Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945	Soviet 76mm Divisional Gun (ZiS-3) firing on Japanese positions near Hailar, Xing'an Province, northeastern China, Aug 1945	Soviet artillery firing on Japanese positions, northeastern China, Aug 1945

Soviet tank crews resting, northeastern China, Aug 1945	Soviet tanks in Changchun, northeastern China, Aug 1945	Soviet troops in northeastern China, Aug 1945	Structures on either side of Kencho Dori in ruins, Okayama, Japan, Aug 1945; the area in lower right corner of the photograph was the Okayama Women's Commercial School (now the Prefectural Library), and the surviving major structures in the background were the Tenmaya department store (left), Chugoku Bank building (center), and the Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital (right)

TBM-3 Avenger of Torpedo Squadron 6 flying from USS Hancock flies over ships of Task Force 58 around Okinawa, Mar-Aug 1945	Technician filling external crevices of 'Fat Man' bomb with putty in front of Assembly Building Number 2, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945	Town of Ie viewed from Iegusugu Pinnacle, with Red 3 and Red 4 beaches beyond, Ie Shima, Japan, 1945	Two men at the Operation Trinity crater, circa Aug 1945

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 in front of a hut on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945. TSgt Jesse Kupferberg is at right on the cot.	Wreck of light cruiser Oyodo west of Etajima, Hiroshima, Japan, post 28 Jul 1945