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Medal of Honor Recipient Corporal Jacobson with Harry Truman, Washington, D.C., October 1945

Taken on 1945-10-05

"Being congratulated by President Harry S. Truman just after he was presented with the Medal of Honor, during Nimitz Day festivities at the White House, Washington, D.C., 5 October 1945. Corporal Jacobson was awarded the medal for heroism during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 26 February 1945."

Source: Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07

Americans Salute Graves of US Dead, Okinawa, Japan, 1945

Taken on 1945-10-01

"Two U.S. Coast Guardsmen pay homage to their comrade killed in the Ryukyu Islands." 1945, date unknown.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration

Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07

Soviet Liberators in Korea, 1945

Taken on 1945-10-01

The Soviet Union entered into war with Japan following the conclusion of hostilities in the European Theatre of World War II, entering into Korea from the north and precipitating the peninsula's ongoing division.

Source: pohodd.ru/Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-28

Japanese Troops Surrender to Chinese, China, 1945

Taken on 1945-09-02

"In less than two weeks the Kwantung Army, which was the primary Japanese fighting force, consisting of over a million men but lacking in adequate armor, artillery, or air support, had been destroyed by the Soviets. Japanese Emperor Hirohito officially capitulated to the Allies on August 15, 1945, and the official surrender was signed aboard the battleship USS Missouri on September 2, 1945." Exact date unknown.

Source: Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-09

Japanese Civilians Reading US Propaganda Leaflets, Okinawa, Japan, 1945

Taken on 1945-08-01

"Overcoming the civilian resistance on Okinawa was aided by U.S. propaganda leaflets, one of which is being read by a prisoner awaiting transport." Date unknown.

Source: army.mil/Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07

US and Russian Sailors Celebrate Victory Over Japan, Alaska, August 1945

Taken on 1945-08-01

Allied US and Russian sailors celebrate victory over Japan together in what were essentially the first moments of the Cold War.

Source: history.navy.mil/Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-08-28

Indian POW in Hong Kong After Liberation, 1945

Taken on 1945-08-01

"An Indian prisoner of war from Hong Kong after liberation in 1945." Date unknown.

Source: Imperial War Museums/Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-13

Japanese POWs, Okinawa, Japan, June 1945

Taken on 1945-06-27

"A group of Japanese prisoners taken on the isle of Okuku in June 1945."

Source: Library of Congress/Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07

Japanese POW, Okinawa, Japan, June 1945

Taken on 1945-06-01

"A Japanese prisoner of war sits behind barbed wire after he and 306 others were captured within the last 24 hours of the battle by 6th Marine Division."

Source: Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07

72nd Shinbu Kamikaze Unit, Okinawa, Japan, 1945

Taken on 1945-05-26

"Corporal Yukio Araki, holding a puppy, with four other pilots of the 72nd Shinbu Squadron at Bansei, Kagoshima. Araki died the following day, at the age of 17, in a suicide attack on ships near Okinawa."

Source: Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-05

High School Girls Wave Goodbye to Kamikaze Pilot, Japan, April 1945

Taken on 1945-04-12

"Chiran high school girls wave farewell with cherry blossom branches to departing kamikaze pilot in a Ki-43-IIIa Hayabusa."

Source: Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-05

Burned Remains of US Gis from Bataan Death March, Capas, Philippines, March 1945

Taken on 1945-03-20

"U. S. Army personnel toiled to identify the charred remains of Americans captured at Bataan and Corregidor and burned alive on Palawan. Picture shows charred remains being interred in grave."

Source: National Archives and Records Administration/Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07

US Flag Flies Over Mount Surabachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, February 1945

Taken on 1945-02-28

"Although American riflemen expected an ambush, they encountered only small groups of Japanese defenders on Suribachi. The majority of the Japanese troops stayed in the tunnel network, only occasionally attacking in small groups, and were generally all killed. The patrols made it to the summit and scrambled down again, reporting the lack of enemy contact to Colonel Chandler Johnson. Johnson then called for a platoon of Marines to climb Suribachi; with them, he sent a small American flag to fly if they reached the summit." Exact date unknown.

Source: Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07

US Marines Review Iwo Jima Invasion Plans Aboard Ship, February 1945

Taken on 1945-02-15

"Lieutenant Wade discusses the overall importance of the target at a pre-invasion briefing." Prior to the Iwo Jima landing of February 19, 1945; exact date unknown.

Source: defenseimagery.mil/Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07

Japanese Commanders on Okinawa, Japan, February 1945

Taken on 1945-02-01

"Japanese commanders of Okinawa (including Admiral Minoru Ōta, Lt. Gen. Mitsuru Ushijima, Lt. Gen. Isamu Cho, and Col. Hiromichi Yahara) in February 1945." Exact date unknown.

Source: army.mil/Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-05

Ledo Road Along the Burma-China Border, World War II

Taken on 1944-12-01

"The Ledo Road (Hindi: लेडो रोड, Burmese: လီဒိုလမ်းမကြီး, Chinese: 中印公路) (from Ledo, Assam, India to Kunming, Yunnan, China) was built during World War II so that the Western Allies could supply the Chinese as an alternative to the Burma Road which had been cut by the Japanese in 1942. It was renamed the Stilwell Road (named after General Joseph Stilwell of the U.S. Army) in early 1945 at the suggestion of Chiang Kai-shek. It passes through the Burmese towns of Shingbwiyang, Myitkyina and Bhamo in Kachin state." 1944 or 1945, date unknown.

Source: National Museum of the US Air Force/Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07

Marines March Through Garapan, Saipan, Northern Marianas, July 1944

Taken on 1944-07-06

"These marines were in good spirits as they moved through the ruins of Garapan on up to the front lines to help wind up the battle of Saipan island. July 6, 1944."

Source: National Park Service/Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07

Navajo Code Talkers, Saipan, Northern Marianas, June 1944

Taken on 1944-06-15

"Philip Johnston, a civil engineer for the city of Los Angeles, proposed the use of Navajo to the United States Marine Corps at the beginning of World War II. Johnston, a World War I veteran, was raised on the Navajo reservation as the son of a missionary to the Navajos, and was one of the few non-Navajos who spoke their language fluently. Because Navajo has a complex grammar, it is not nearly mutually intelligible enough with even its closest relatives within the Na-Dene family to provide meaningful information, and was at this time an unwritten language, Johnston saw Navajo as answering the military requirement for an undecipherable code." Date unknown.

Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07

Air Supply Drop to American Troops, Myitkyina, Burma, 1944

Taken on 1944-06-01

"The fighting in the Burma Campaign in 1944 was among the most severe in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II. It took place along the borders between Burma and India, and Burma and China, and involved the British Commonwealth, Chinese and United States forces, against the forces of the Empire of Japan and the Indian National Army. British Commonwealth land forces were drawn primarily from the United Kingdom, British India and Africa." Date unknown.

Source: Imperial War Museums/Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07

Japanese Trucks Moving Towards Luoyang, Operation Ichi-Go, China, 1944

Taken on 1944-04-30

"Operation Ichi-Go (一号作戦 Ichi-gō Sakusen, lit. "Operation Number One") was a campaign of a series of major battles between the Imperial Japanese Army forces and the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China, fought from April to December 1944. It consisted of three separate battles in the Chinese provinces of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi." Exact date unknown.

Source: Yomiuri Shimbun/Wikipedia

Uploaded by northway on 2014-09-07