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Japanese flamethrower fuel tanks are measured at New Britain in August 1944
Japanese flamethrower fuel tanks are measured. "Captured Japanese flame throwers are analyzed for weapons comparison."...
Japanese flamethrowers in their original shipping containers, measured for weapons analysis, at New Britain in August 1944
Japanese flamethrowers in their original shipping containers, measured for weapons analysis. "Captured Japanese flame...
Japanese foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945
Japanese foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu at the Japanese Surrender Ceremony aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63). "Jap...
Japanese foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender in Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945
Japanese foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63...
Japanese home circa September 1945
Japanese home on side of road. From donor's notes: "Country home, Hiro, Japan." Circa September 1945
Japanese howitzer, vehicle, and tank on Iwo Jima, 1945-46
Japanese howitzer, vehicle, and tank. "Jap equipment - Iwo." Iwo Jima. 1945-46
Japanese invasion money used to cause inflation in the Philippines in 1945
"Japanese "invasion money" used to cause inflation in the Philippines." [1945]
Japanese kamikaze as seen coming in from deck of an aircraft carrier on Iwo Jima in February 1945
Japanese kamikaze as seen coming in from deck of an aircraft carrier. Official caption:'"Kamikaze attack off Iwo Jima....
Japanese Merchant Shipping Losses Quarterly Totals 1942 1944 presented in July 1944
448.Photograph. Official U. S. Navy Chart 'File No: 45911 Japanese Merchant Shipping Losses Quarterly Totals 1942 1944...
Japanese military policeman circa September 1945
Japanese military policeman. From donor's notes: "Military Police, Jap [Japanese] style." Circa September 1945
Japanese Nakajima B5N "Kate" torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy flying over Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941
Japanese Nakajima B5N "Kate" torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy flying over Pearl Harbor. Official caption: "...
Japanese Navy ship "Habuto" along island coast, Pacific Theater, 1945-46
Japanese Navy ship "Habuto" along island coast. Pacific Theater. 1945-46
Japanese officials aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945
Scene from the Japanese Surrender Ceremony aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63). Japanese officials in military and civilian...
Japanese oil supplies burn in the background during battle for Kwajalein Island in February 1944
Japanese oil supplies burn in background; Japanese landing craft in foreground. "W-CPA-44-108-BA. 2/4. Cordray. Wrecked...
Japanese planes fail to hit targets during raid off Guam in July 1944
508.Photograph. 'File Number: 238.964 August 22, 1944 Jap planes fail to hit targets during raid off Guam-White splash...
Japanese POWs board an American ship in the Pacific Ocean, 1944-1945
Japanese prisoners of war scale up cargo nets onto a Coast Guard-manned ship. "2191-." "U.S. Coast Guard Official...
Japanese prisoner of war being loaded aboard the USS Monrovia for medical care at Kwajalein on January 1944
Japanese prisoner of war being loaded aboard the USS Monrovia (AP-64) for medical care. "W-CPA-44-112-DZ. 1/44. Young....
Japanese prisoner of war being loaded aboard the USS Monrovia for medical care at Kwajalein on January 1944
Japanese prisoner of war being loaded aboard the USS Monrovia (AP-64) for medical care. 'W-CPA-44-112-DX. 1/44. Young....
Japanese prisoners are interrogated on grounds of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines on 5 February 1945
"Jap prisoners are interrogated on grounds of Santo Tomas." Manila. 5 February 1945
Japanese prisoners led from the Santo Tomas University buildings in Manila, Philippines on 5 February 1945
"Jap prisoners led from Santo Tomas University buildings." Manila. 5 February 1945
Japanese prisoners of war being transported on a landing craft on Iwo Jima in February 1945
View down onto landing craft manned by Coast Guardsmen, Japanese prisoners of war huddled along side of boat. Official...
Japanese prisoners of war in USMC uniforms carry mess kits full of food after being captured near Talasea, New Britain in August 1944
Japanese prisoners of war in USMC uniforms carry mess kits full of food. "Japanese POW"s get first G.I. food after...
Japanese prisoners of war unloading supplies from a B-29 Superfortress on Okinawa in 1945
Japanese prisoners of war unloading supplies from a B-29 Superfortress. "Okinawa." Okinawa. 1945
Japanese prisoners of war unloading supplies from a B-29 Superfortress on Okinawa in 1945
Japanese prisoners of war unloading supplies from a B-29 Superfortress. "Japs unloading plane on Okinawa." Okinawa....
Japanese prisoners sit atop a truck for transport under the watch of U.S. soldiers at an unknown location
Japanese prisoners sit atop a truck for transport under the watch of U.S. soldiers at an unknown location."Nip...
Japanese prisoners sit inside a landing craft on a Pacific island, 1942-1945
American soldiers detain Japanese prisoners, some who are naked, on a landing craft near shore. Two of the Japanese men...
Japanese propaganda leaflet deriding US war effort near Batangas in the Philippines in 1945
"Jap [Japanese] propaganda leaflet deriding US war effort." [1945]
Japanese searchlight destroyed by American forces near Green Beach on Kwajalein Island in February 1944
Japanese searchlight destroyed by American forces. 'W-CPA-44-108-AB 2/1 Cordray. Japanese searchlight, near Green Beach...
Japanese servicemen waving to pilots about to leave for attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941
Japanese servicemen waving to pilots about to leave for attack on Pearl Harbor. Official caption:'"Captured Jap [...
Japanese soldier burned to death in Intramuros, Manila in the Philippines on 19 February 1945
"Jap soldier burned to death in Intramurals." 19 February 1945
Japanese soldiers killed during the attack on Iwo Jima in February 1945
554.Photograph 'CinCPac 8015 February 26, 1945 Death on Iwo These three Japs [Japanese] were killed by Marine artillery...
Japanese street circa September 1945
Japanese street with homes along the sides. From donor's notes: "Typical street, Hiro, Japan." Circa September 1945
Japanese supplies stored beneath trees at New Britain in September 1944
Japanese supplies stored beneath trees on New Britain. "Captured enemy supplies on New Britain." New Britain. September...
Japanese surrender party leaving the Battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945
Scene from the Japanese Surrender Ceremony aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63). "Jap surrender party leaving the Battleship...

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