Allied prisoners of war at Aomori camp near Yokohama cheered as US Navy and other Allied personnel arrived to rescue them, 29 Aug 1945American physicist Harry DaghlianFleet Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Halsey shaking hands aboard battleship USS South Dakota, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 29 Aug 1945I-401 alongside of USS Proteus, Yokosuka, Japan, 29 Aug 1945
Allied prisoners of war at Aomori camp near Yokohama cheered as US Navy and other Allied personnel arrived to rescue them, 29 Aug 1945American physicist Harry Daghlian's radiation-burned right hand 9 days after he had manually stopped a prompt critical fission reaction during an accident with a plutonium sphere, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States, 29 Aug 1945; he would die from radiation poisoning 16 days after this photograph was takenFleet Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Halsey shaking hands aboard battleship USS South Dakota, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 29 Aug 1945I-401 alongside of USS Proteus, Yokosuka, Japan, 29 Aug 1945
I-401 and I-14 alongside of USS Proteus (far left), Yokosuka, Japan, 29 Aug 1945Ki-100-I-Ko fighters of 59th Sentai of 2nd Chutai of the Japanese Army at rest, Japan, 29 Aug 1945Mugshots of Amon Göth, 29 Aug 1945Recently liberated American prisoners of war at Aomori camp near Yokohama, Japan, circa 29 Aug 1945
I-401 and I-14 alongside of USS Proteus (far left), Yokosuka, Japan, 29 Aug 1945Ki-100-I-Ko fighters of 59th Sentai of 2nd Chutai of the Japanese Army at rest, Japan, 29 Aug 1945Mugshots of Amon Göth, 29 Aug 1945Recently liberated American prisoners of war at Aomori camp near Yokohama, Japan, circa 29 Aug 1945
US flag raising at Yokosuka Navy Base, Japan, 29 Aug 1945USS Natoma Bay and USS Anzio at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 29 Aug 1947USS Proteus, I-400, I-401, and I-14, Yokosuka, Japan, 29 Aug 1945USS Proteus, I-401, and I-14, Yokosuka, Japan, 29 Aug 1945
US flag raising at Yokosuka Navy Base, Japan, 29 Aug 1945USS Natoma Bay and USS Anzio at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 29 Aug 1947USS Proteus, I-400, I-401, and I-14, Yokosuka, Japan, 29 Aug 1945USS Proteus, I-401, and I-14, Yokosuka, Japan, 29 Aug 1945
USS Sunfish flies her battle flag as she departs Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 29 Aug 1945; USS Pompon in foreground, photo taken from USS Pipefish
USS Sunfish flies her battle flag as she departs Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 29 Aug 1945; USS Pompon in foreground, photo taken from USS Pipefish


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