Photo taken on May 14, 1945, from the USS Washington (BB-56), shows the Enterprise exploding from a bomb laden kamikaze. The ship's forward elevator was blown approximately 700 feet into the air from the force of the explosion six decks below.

uss washington

Dead Chinese piled on the shore of the Yangtze River, Nanjing, China, Dec 1937.

River of Tears

The USS ARIZONA burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941.  (Navy)
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