The storm before the atom bomb: A photo of two marines on Wana Ridge in Okinawa, 1945.

A burden reserved only for the head of a nation: A photo of Harry S. Truman, announcing the surrender of Japan, 1945.

The Little Boy that killed 140,000 people: A photo of the world’s first atom bomb, 1945.

Harbinger of the nuclear age: A photo of the B-29 Super Fortress bomber that released the first atom bomb, 1945.

Through the lens of a touring yank: A photo of Howrah Bridge by Clyde Waddell, 1945.

It takes two to make a photo famous: A photo of Rabindranath Tagore by George Grantham Bain, 1916.