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From : dmether I’m a big fan of WWII photographs myself, have a nice collection. Here is a PB4Y-2 shooting down a JAKE 2 May 45, entire encounter lasted about seven minutes.

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From : dmether I’m a big fan of WWII photographs myself, have a nice collection. Here is a PB4Y-2 shooting down a JAKE 2 May 45, entire encounter lasted about seven minutes.

Zg051. A test nuclear explosion codenamed “Baker”, part of Operation Crossroads, at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, on July 25, 1946. The 40 kiloton atomic bomb was detonated by the U.S. at a depth of 27 meters below the ocean surface, 3.5 miles from the atoll. The purpose of the tests was to study […]

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Zg050. The Empress of Japan visits a Catholic Orphanage staffed by Japanese Nuns for children who have lost their parents in the war and air raids over Tokyo. The Empress inspected the grounds and paid a visit to the chapel. Children wave Japanese flags to greet the Empress during her visit in Fujisawa in Tokyo […]

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Zg049. Aerial view of Hiroshima, Japan, one year after the atomic bomb blast shows some small amount of reconstruction amid much ruin on July 20, 1946. The slow pace of rebuilding is attributed to a shortage of building equipment and materials. (AP Photo/Charles P. Gorry)

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Zg048. A Japanese man amid the scorched wreckage and rubble that was once his home in Yokohama , Japan. (NARA)

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Zg047. A general view of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East meeting in Tokyo in April, 1947. On May 3, 1946, the Allies began the trial of 28 Japanese civilian and military leaders for war crimes. Seven were hanged and others were sentenced to prison terms. (AP Photo)

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Z0042. A Two Star Admiral Barge is alongside Lorcha Dock on the North Shore of Bottomside Corregidor. It apparently brought the visitors. This is a view of Corregidor, from the LIFE Magazine Archives, presented on the World War Pictures Facebook page. Jack Birns is the Photographer, the presentation indicates 1949 pictures. See the URL above!

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Z041. This is an aerial view of Corregidor, from the LIFE Magazine Archives, presented on the World War Pictures Facebook page. Jack Birns is the Photographer, the presentation indicates 1949 pictures. See the URL above!

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Zg044.This is a view of the Fort Mills Hospital from the top of the so-called Mile Long Barracks. I notice the hospital roof framing is still in place. The peak in the middle of the picture is Mt. Limay on Bataan which is east of Mt. Mariveles. This is a view of Corregidor, from the […]