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Destroyed building in Hiroshima, Japan, 1945	Destroyed building in Hiroshima, Japan, 1945	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	Disabled Japanese aircraft at an airfield near Tokyo, Japan, Sep 1945

Ethnic Chinese civilians celebrating WW2 victory in Singapore, Sep 1945	F6F Hellcat launching from USS Intrepid’s starboard catapult, 1945. Note SB2C Helldiver and TBM Avenger spotted on the deck. Note also Independence-class light carrier cutting across Intrepid’s bow.	Former captives raising a US flag at Hakodate Branch Camp No. 3, Hokkaido, Japan, 1945	Fumimaro Konoe and Mitsumasa Yonai, Japan, circa mid to late 1945

Greek sailors at an internment camp in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Sep 1945	Hangar bay of HMS Colossus while on repatriation duty, Jinsen Prisoner of War Camp, Inchon, Korea, Sep 1945	Hangar deck of the USS Intrepid transformed into a giant bunk room in Sep 1945 as part of Operation Magic Carpet that transported thousands of US servicemen from the western Pacific to the United States.	Hangar of submarine I-400, Japan, 1945

Head medical officer Dr. Hisikichi Tokoda of Shinagawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, Sep 1945	Hiroshima, Japan in ruins, 1945	Hiroshima, Japan in ruins, 1945	Hiroshima, Japan in ruins, 1945

Hiroshima, Japan in ruins, Sep 1945	HMS Colossus off Wusong, Shanghai, China, circa Sep 1945	HMS Glory at Rabaul, New Britain, Sep 1945	Hybrid battleship-carrier Hyuga sunk in shallow waters, near Kure, Japan, late 1945