All that is left of one Shinto shrine in Nagasaki.  The arch is made of elements.  This plus the fact that the blast could go through and around the structure, enabled it to escape destruction.  Japan, October 1945.  Lt. R. J. Battersby.  (Marine Corps)
Exact Date Shot Unknown
NARA FILE #:  127-N-137017
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  1333

Nagasaki Destruction

Still standing in the rubble of a church in the war-blasted town of Dulag, a statue of the sacred heart appears to gaze in quiet sorrow on the destruction wrought by battle's fury seething over Leyte Island, Philippines, 1944.  (Coast Guard)
Exact Date Shot Unknown
NARA FILE #:  026-G-3577
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  1331

Jesus Statue in Rubble

This boy's dead body, aflame, bears ghastly witness of the horror of the damage done by V-2 on main intersection in Antwerp on main supply line to Holland.   Belgium, ca.  November 27, 1944.  T3c. Ingeldew.  (Army)
NARA FILE #:  111-SC-232557
WAR &amp; CONFLICT BOOK #:  1340