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| Clement Attlee, Harry Truman, Vyacheslav Molotov, and Joseph Stalin during the Potsdam Conference, Germany, 1 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2 | Fires raging in Toyama, Japan during an American air raid, 1 Aug 1945 | MacArthur saluted as the US National Anthem was played, Philippines, 1 Aug 1945 | Map depicting the proposed invasion routes of Operation Olympic |
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| US Navy African-American Seaman 1st Class Charlie Dunston, recent amputee, recovering at the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 1 Aug 1945 | Estimated Japanese troop depositions in Kyushu, Japan, 2 Aug 1945 | King George VI inspecting the crew of USS Augusta, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, 2 Aug 1945 | King George VI of the United Kingdom and US President Harry Truman aboard HMS Renown, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, 2 Aug 1945; note USS Augusta in background |
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| King George VI returning the salute of American servicemen aboard USS Augusta, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, 2 Aug 1945; the monarch was visiting President Harry Truman aboard this ship | MacArthur smoking his corncob pipe, probably at Manila, Philippine Islands, 2 Aug 1945 | Map depicting the proposed invasion routes of Operation Coronet | US President Harry Truman and King George VI of the United Kingdom aboard USS Augusta, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, 2 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2 |
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| US President Harry Truman and King George VI of the United Kingdom aboard USS Augusta, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, 2 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2 | USS Augusta flying the British 'White Ensign', the US Presidential Flag (obscured behind the White Ensign), and the US National Ensign while King George VI and President Harry Truman were aboard, 2 Aug 1945 | York C Mark I aircraft of No. 47 Group RAF at RAF Luqa, Malta, 3 Aug 1945 | African-American soldiers of the US Army awaiting transportation to the front lines of the Pacific War, 4 Aug 1945 |
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| Some of the 93 Indianapolis survivors delivered to Peleliu by the USS Cecil J Doyle, 4 Aug 1945 | Battleship USS Maryland at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States 5 Aug 1945, ten days before war’s end. | Captain William Sterling Parsons and Colonel Paul Tibbets, Jr. briefed the crew of B-29 Superfortress 'Enola Gay' before the Hiroshima attack, 5 Aug 1945 | Crew of 'Enola Gay' over Hiroshima, Japan: Maj. Thomas W. Ferebee, bombardier; Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. pilot; Capt. Theodore J. Van Kirk, navigator; Capt. Robert Lewis, officer crew; 5 Aug 1945 |
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