Anaquin, Burma. 26 September 1945. A grave, believed to be of ten men, the crew of an Allied B-24 Bomber, shot down by an Anti-Aircraft (AA) Unit of the Indian National Army, and buried by the Japanese on 3 January 1945 in a bomb crater from a previous raid.
American bombadier (and former Olympic athlete) Captain Louis Zamperini (left) speaks to NBC and Reuters correspondent Joe Laitin at a Radio Corporation of America station, September 27, 1945. Zamperini had recently been liberated after spending 28 months in a Japanese prison camp. Capt. Zamperini was a native of Torrance. His B24 crashed into the Pacific and he ended up being a POW. A movie was made about his life and the power of forgiveness of ones enemies and tormentors.
Royal Navy escort carrier HMS Ruler (A731) being moored in the Pyrmont area of Sydney, NSW, Australia on 27 September 1945. The carrier's decks are lined with sailors and ex-prisoners of war, some who haven't seen home in four years.
Colonel Jimmy Stewart, of the cinema and Army Air Corps, respectively, holds one last pose for Pfc. Jerome Goldberg, left, Rochester, N.Y., at Andrews Field, near Washington, D.C., on September 28, 1945. Colonel Stewart was scheduled for an honorable discharge and return to civilian life.
This looks like the Douglas assembly plant in El Segundo, California. Note the aircraft look to be on a platform that rests on a rails, so they can be moved from station to station like an assembly line.