Photos Taken on 09 Aug 1945 | World War II Database

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Battleship Massachusetts bombarding Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan, 9 Aug 1945	Battleship Massachusetts firing a full main battery salvo at Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan, 9 Aug 1945; note projectiles in flight at upper left	Captain McVay of Indianapolis spoke of the sinking at Guam, Aug 1945	From the radio operator’s position in a USMC PBJ Mitchell, Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada looks for landmarks to find the Japanese 100th Infantry Division headquarters complex, Aug 9, 1945, Mindanao, Philippines

Growing mushroom cloud from the atomic bomb detonation in Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945. Note the approaching shock wave that the soldiers in the foreground are apparently not yet aware of.	Japanese B7A aircraft crashing into the sea off the starboard bow of USS Wasp, off Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2; note two Fletcher-class destroyers in foreground	Japanese B7A aircraft crashing into the sea off the starboard bow of USS Wasp, off Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2; note two Fletcher-class destroyers in foreground	Japanese prisoner of war 2nd Lieutenant Minoru Wada using the intercom aboard a USMC PBJ Mitchell bomber to relay instructions to his interpreter about the location of the Japanese 100th Infantry Division headquarters, 9 Aug 1945

Maeil Sinbo (predecessor of Seoul Sinmun) headlines, 9 Aug 1945: Death of Prince Yi U (center) and 'Enemy's Inhumane Bombing' with new type of weapon (left), 9 Aug 1945	Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 9	Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 9	Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 3 of 9

Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 4 of 9	Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 5 of 9	Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 6 of 9	Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 7 of 9

Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 8 of 9	Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 9 of 9	New York Times reporter William Laurence and Army information officer Major George Monyhan in front of a B-29 bomber on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 9 Aug 1945.	Telegram from Samuel Cavert to Harry Truman regarding the use of atomic bombs on Japan, 9 Aug 1945, 1 of 2