A B-29 Superfortress crashed during an attempted emergency landing on Iwo Jima Apr 24, 1945 and ran into nine P-51 Mustangs.A B-29 Superfortress crashed during an attempted emergency landing on Iwo Jima Apr 24, 1945 and ran into nine P-51 Mustangs. Ground personnel wait behind a Jeep for all ammunition to cook off.German civilians exhuming remains of 140 prisoners originally from Flossenbürg Concentration Camp about 50km to the northeast, near Schwarzenfeld, Germany, 24 Apr 1945M24 Chaffee light tank of US Army 1st Armored Division in Bologna, Italy, late Apr 1945
A B-29 Superfortress crashed during an attempted emergency landing on Iwo Jima Apr 24, 1945 and ran into nine P-51 Mustangs.A B-29 Superfortress crashed during an attempted emergency landing on Iwo Jima Apr 24, 1945 and ran into nine P-51 Mustangs. Ground personnel wait behind a Jeep for all ammunition to cook off.German civilians exhuming remains of 140 prisoners originally from Flossenbürg Concentration Camp about 50km to the northeast, near Schwarzenfeld, Germany, 24 Apr 1945M24 Chaffee light tank of US Army 1st Armored Division in Bologna, Italy, late Apr 1945
Nansei sugar plant under US air attack, Kagi (now Chiayi), Taiwan, 24 Apr 1945, photo 1 of 3Nansei sugar plant under US air attack, Kagi (now Chiayi), Taiwan, 24 Apr 1945, photo 2 of 3Nansei sugar plant under US air attack, Kagi (now Chiayi), Taiwan, 24 Apr 1945, photo 3 of 3US 3rd Army soldier guarding loot found stored in the Schlosskirche (Castle Church) at the Ellingen Castle in southern Germany, 24 Apr 1945
Nansei sugar plant under US air attack, Kagi (now Chiayi), Taiwan, 24 Apr 1945, photo 1 of 3Nansei sugar plant under US air attack, Kagi (now Chiayi), Taiwan, 24 Apr 1945, photo 2 of 3Nansei sugar plant under US air attack, Kagi (now Chiayi), Taiwan, 24 Apr 1945, photo 3 of 3US 3rd Army soldier guarding loot found stored in the Schlosskirche (Castle Church) at the Ellingen Castle in southern Germany, 24 Apr 1945
US Senator Alben Barkley visiting Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimar, Germany, 24 Apr 1945
US Senator Alben Barkley visiting Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimar, Germany, 24 Apr 1945


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