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Seaman 1st Class Frank Stanley cleaning a 20mm gun aboard USS Anzio, 19 Apr 1945	US Army 8-in Howitzer M1 firing on Japanese position, Okinawa, Japan, 19 Apr 1945	US Marine Private Grady Hogue on a horse, Okinawa, Japan, Apr 1945	Funeral service for Ernie Pyle, Okinawa, Japan, 20 Apr 1945

German Volkssturm soldier with Panzerschreck launcher, near Berlin, Germany, late Apr 1945	Two US soldiers looking at a sign made by prisoners of Flossenbürg Concentration Camp, Germany, 23 Apr 1945	Russian soldiers with PPSh-41 submachine guns entering the Frankfurter Allee station in Berlin, Germany, late-Apr 1945	Ulm Münster standing amongst devastation, Ulm, Germany, 25 Apr 1945

Franklin approaching New York City, New York, United States, 26 Apr 1945; note damage on her flight deck	Soviet and US officers at Torgau, a city on the Elbe River, Germany, 28 Apr 1945; note left Soviet officer's TT-33, center Soviet captain's Luger in belt, right US Lieutenant Dwight Brooks's holstered Colt 1911 and in-hand Walther P38	Spectacular photo showing the moment a VT Proximity Fuze detonated a 5-inch shell nearly in the face of an attacking pilot, 29 Apr 1945, Kerama Retto near Okinawa, Japan. The ship is seaplane tender USS St. George.	USS San Diego assisting USS Haggard after the latter was hit by Japanese special attack, off Okinawa, Japan, 29 Apr 1945

A Marine of the US 1st Marines Division pointed his Thompson submachine gun at a Japanese sniper, Okinawa, Japan, Apr-Jun 1945	Americans walking through the ruins of Naha, Okinawa, Japan, May 1945	Aviation Ordinancemen loading a Mark XIII torpedo into the bomb bay of a TBM Avenger aboard USS Bennington, May 1945. Note the torpedo’s plywood drag ring on the nose and wooden tail shroud.	Bombardier 2nd Lieutenant Everett Hanes in the nose of a B-26 Marauder of the 344th Bomb Group flying from Florennes, Belgium, 1945. Note the Norden bombsight.

Ruins of the Kroll Opera House, Berlin, Germany, May 1945	Soviet soldier capturing a German defender from a underground position, Berlin, Germany, May 1945	Soviet soldier with PPD submachine gun with a column of German prisoners of war, Berlin, Germany, May 1945	Torpedoman Second class Richard Malecki sitting astride a Mark XIII aerial torpedo aboard PT-184, May 1945. Note Mark 6 Depth Charge in the foreground and a twin Browning .50 caliber machine gun mount in the background.