145 items in this album on 8 pages.

Aerial photo taken from aircraft from the USS Wasp (Essex-class) showing the near complete destruction of the Japanese city of Nagoya, late Aug 1945Aerial view of barren Tokyo, Japan, circa Aug-Sep 1945Kure, Japan after American aerial bombing, late Aug 1945Osaka, Japan in ruins, circa Aug-Sep 1945
Aerial photo taken from aircraft from the USS Wasp (Essex-class) showing the near complete destruction of the Japanese city of Nagoya, late Aug 1945Aerial view of barren Tokyo, Japan, circa Aug-Sep 1945Kure, Japan after American aerial bombing, late Aug 1945Osaka, Japan in ruins, circa Aug-Sep 1945
Tokyo, Japan in ruins, Aug-Sep 1945Yokohama, Japan in ruins, Sep 1945Yokohama, Japan in ruins, Sep 1945Aerial view of devastated Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan, 28 Sep 1945; note Senso-ji temple
Tokyo, Japan in ruins, Aug-Sep 1945Yokohama, Japan in ruins, Sep 1945Yokohama, Japan in ruins, Sep 1945Aerial view of devastated Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan, 28 Sep 1945; note Senso-ji temple
Aerial view of the Imperial Palace and neighborhoods to its east, Tokyo, Japan, 28 Sep 1945Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945
Aerial view of the Imperial Palace and neighborhoods to its east, Tokyo, Japan, 28 Sep 1945Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945
Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945
Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945
Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945; note National Diet BuildingA Japanese civilian in the ruins of Yokohama, Japan, 1945Destroyed buildings, Tokyo, Japan, Oct 1945
Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945Tokyo, Japan in ruins, 28 Sep 1945; note National Diet BuildingA Japanese civilian in the ruins of Yokohama, Japan, 1945Destroyed buildings, Tokyo, Japan, Oct 1945

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