Photos Taken in Japan | World War II Database

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Marines and Army ground crews look over the first Sikorsky R-4 helicopter to land in the fighter strip on Iwo Jima, 23 Mar 1945.	A Japanese tank wedged between banks of solid earth was very difficult for US Marines to see or attack from the front, Iwo Jima, Mar 25, 1945.	P-51D Mustangs of the 531st Fighter Squadron lined up at South Field, Iwo Jima, Japan, 25 Mar 1945	Men of the US 77th Division landing from LVTs onto Zamami Island of the Kerama Islands west of Naha, Japan, 27 Mar 1945

Japanese 120mm gun protuding from a cave opening, Iwo Jima, Japan, circa Mar 1945	USS Makin Island at anchor at Kerama Retto, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 31 Mar 1945	Aerial view of the northern tip of Tokashiki Island west of Naha, Okinawa, Japan, 1945	American Marines examined the wreck of a G4M bomber at one of Iwo Jima's two operational airfields, Mar-Apr 1945

Commander of USAAF 78th Fighter Squadron Major James B. Tapp checking the fuses on his HVAR air-to-surface rockets mounted to his P-51D VLR Mustang ‘Margaret-V’ 44-73407 at South Field, Iwo Jima, spring 1945.	Devastation of Hachioji, Japan, 2 Sep 1945	Devastation of Hachioji, Japan, Oct 1945	Devastation of Hamamatsu, Japan, 1945

Ernie Pyle aboard a US Navy warship off Okinawa, Japan, 1945	F4U-1D Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMA-321 on Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945.	Japanese Army Academy Commandant Kenji Doihara, Japan, Apr-Aug 1945	Ki-100 fighter in flight, Japan, 1945

Marine Corps F4U-1D Corsairs prepare for take-off from their base on Okinawa, 1945. Note the two oversized drop tanks beneath the fuselage.	Marines on Iwo Jima crowd around a newly arrived Boeing F-13 Superfortress (photo reconnaissance variant of the B-29). 47th Fighter Squadron P-51D Mustang is in foreground, Mar-Apr 1945.	Minoru Genda and Yoshio Shiga of Japanese 343rd Naval Air Group, Matsuyama Airfield, Japan, spring 1945	Mizushima industrial region of Osaka Prefecture, Japan after American aerial bombing, 1945