Photos Taken in Japan | World War II Database

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Ruins of Tokyo, Japan, Mar-Apr 1945	Ruins of Tokyo, Japan, Mar-Apr 1945	Silhouette of a USMC Corsair fighter seen against a burning supply dump, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, Apr 1945	Souvenir hunters on Iwo Jima sawing the propeller off of a wrecked Japanese Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar" fighter, Mar 1945. They said they would make paper weights out of it later.

TBM-3 Avenger flying over Mt Suribachi on Iwo Jima after US forces had fully occupied the island, Mar-Apr 1945. Note storage tanks, tents, and other improvements set up by US forces.	US battleships New Mexico, Idaho, and Tennessee off Iwo Jima or Okinawa, Feb-Apr 1945	US Marine playing taps at the American cemetery on Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945	US Navy salvaging a Japanese Type A Ko-hyoteki midget submarine from shallows around Okinawa, Japan, 1945

View of the invasion beach on Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945	Men of the US 10th Army landing on Okinawa, Japan, 1 Apr 1945	US Marines landing on Okinawa, Japan, 1 Apr 1945	US Marines moving across Yontan Airfield, Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan, 1 Apr 1945

Japanese troops being captured by Americans on Iwo Jima, Japan, 5 Apr 1945	Portrait of Yamato's officers two days prior to Ten-Go Operation, Mitajiri Anchorage, Hofu, Japan, 5 Apr 1945; note Rear Admiral Kosaku Ariga at front center	Three Japanese soldiers emerged from their hiding place to surrender, Iwo Jima, 5 Apr 1945	Japanese Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki (front row, center) with members of his cabinet on his inaugural day of administration, Tokyo, Japan, 7 Apr 1945; note Mitsumasa Yonai (front row, first from right) and Korechika Anami (rear row, first from left)

Americans attacked Japanese snipers in a cave with bazooka and small arms, northern coast of Iwo Jima, during mop up operations, 8 Apr 1945	Ernie Pyle with US Marines, Okinawa, Japan, 8 Apr 1945	Flame thrower in use against Japanese holding out in a cave along Iwo Jima's northern coastal cliffs, 8 April 1945	Captured MXY7 Ohka Model 11 aircraft I-18, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, Apr 1945, photo 1 of 7