Photos Taken in Japan | World War II Database

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Vehicle path and combat-shattered vegetation in the rugged terrain of northern Iwo Jima, 21 Apr 1945, photo 1 of 2	Vehicle path and combat-shattered vegetation in the rugged terrain of northern Iwo Jima, 21 Apr 1945, photo 2 of 2	CBS war correspondent Tim Leimert and USMC pilot 1st Lt Herbert Groff, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 23 Apr 1945	A B-29 Superfortress crashed during an attempted emergency landing on Iwo Jima Apr 24, 1945 and ran into nine P-51 Mustangs.

A B-29 Superfortress crashed during an attempted emergency landing on Iwo Jima Apr 24, 1945 and ran into nine P-51 Mustangs. Ground personnel wait behind a Jeep for all ammunition to cook off.	Anti-aircraft tracers in the night sky above Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 28 Apr 1945; note US Marine Corps Corsair fighters in foreground	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.	2nd Lieutenant Donald Rusling, Captain Donald Garrett, 2nd Lieutenant Lester Bartils, and 2nd Lieutenant Glenn Hunter at a bomb shelter, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 1945

Aerial photo of the town of Ie on Ie Jima, Japan, circa 1945	Aerial view of Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 1945	Americans walking through the ruins of Naha, Okinawa, Japan, May 1945	F4U-1D Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-312 lined up at Kadena Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 1945.

FG-1D Corsairs from Marine Air Wing 4 at Iwo Jima's Motoyama Airfield No 2, 1945. Note the PB4Y-2 Privateer with the enormously tall tail, the B-29 Superfortress, and Mt Suribachi.	Ki-100 fighter of Japanese Army 5th Sentai at rest, Japan, mid-1945	Ki-100 I-Otsu fighter of Japanese Army 111th Sentai at rest, Japan, 1945	Man of US 1st Marine Division comforting a fellow Marine who had just witnessed the death of a friend, Okinawa, Japan, May 1945

Men of the US 1st Marine Division fording a muddy jungle stream at Okinawa, Japan, circa Apr-Jun 1945	MXY7 Ohka Model 11 aircraft I-13, captured by Americans at Yontan airfield, Okinawa, Japan, Apr 1945, photo 1 of 2	MXY7 Ohka Model 11 aircraft I-13, captured by Americans at Yontan airfield, Okinawa, Japan, Apr 1945, photo 2 of 2	PFC Elroy Karl, PFC Joe Levy, Sgt Herbert Curtis, and Cpl Leland Wheeler working on a Hellcat fighter of US Marine Air Group 31, Yontan Airfield, Okinanwa, Japan, May 1945