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| Devastated Osaka, Japan, circa Sep 1945; note Nankai Namba Station at far left of photo, Matsuzakaya Osaka store (now Takashimaya Higashi Annex) at bottom right edge, and Osaka Kabukiza Theater at center | Men of Chinese 67th Division raising the Chinese flag at the Chinese occupation headquarters in Osaka, Japan, 8 Sep 1945 | José Laurel being questioned by US Army non-commissioned officer of Filipino ethnicity Staff Sergeant Van Millori at No. 2 Osaka Airport, Osaka, Japan, 15 Sep 1945 | Chinese occupation troops in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, Oct 1945 |
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| Underground munitions plant, Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, Oct 1945 |
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