75th anniversary: Heart-wrenching images from World War II Photogallery

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Unforgettable images from the Second World War on the 75th anniversary of its end.

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75th anniversary: Heart-wrenching images from World War II

A US Marine injured in the first wave assault at Iwo Jima rests on a bed of life preservers aboard a Coast Guard LCVP on February 19, 1945. (Reuters)

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American assault troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment, injured while storming Omaha Beach, wait for the Chalk Cliffs for evacuation to a field hospital for further medical treatment in this photo taken at Collville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. (Reuters)

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A US Marine flamethrower operator with K Company goes over the top to assault a Japanese pillbox on Iwo Jima's Airfield Number Two on February 1945. (Reuters)

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A member of a US Marine patrol on Saipan finds a Japanese family hiding in a hillside cave during fighting on Saipan on June 21, 1944. (Reuters)

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The forward superstructure of the sunken battleship USS Arizona burns after the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. (Reuters)

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Pilots aboard a US Navy aircraft carrier receive last minute instructions before taking off to attack industrial, and military installations in Tokyo on February 17, 1945. (Reuters)

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