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Reading up on BB-38, could the photo have been taken at Guam?

"On 18 August, Pennsylvania departed Buckner Bay, Okinawa, under tow by two tugs. She arrived Apra Harbor, Guam on 6 September and entered drydock where a large sheet steel patch was welded over the torpedo hole and repairs to permit her to return to the United States under her own power were made."
 
A B25 is about to ruin the hull integrity of a IJN frigate. Note that a bomb has been released and is on its way.
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A bit more ship recognition. The Japanese ship about to be hit by the bomb from the B-25 is/was the Japanese Type 'D' Escort No.6; you can see the '6' on its funnel. 102 of these anti-submarine/AA vessels were built between March 1944 and the end of the war. They had a complement of 160 men and were armed with 2 x 4.7 in/45 cal and 6 x 25mm AA, although this number was increased as the war wore on, a 3 in A/S mortar and 120 depth charges could be carried. No.6 was launched in 1944 and completed on 2 April. Badly damaged on 24, 25 and 28 July 1945 by US aircraft of Toba, Mie Prefecture. One book I have lists its fate as sunk on 28 July 1945, although the second has it broken up on 30 June 1948 - presumably raised.
 
Surrender: A Canadian soldier helps a German officer out of his half-track vehicle from the 2nd Panzer Division outside a U.S. aid station near Chambois

 
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