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[Footage taken in Manila, Philippines, and during flight to Okinawa (Japan), circa 1930s-1940s]
Film footage taken in Manila, Philippines, and during a flight to Okinawa (Japan), circa 1930s-1940s. The footage begins with shots of unidentified neighborhoods and street scenes in Manila; some of the shots include children and adults. The footage…

[Footage taken during flight from Japan to Shanghai (China), including travel footage in Shanghai, circa 1930s-1940s]
Film footage taken during a flight from Japan to Shanghai (China), including travel footage in Shanghai, circa 1930s-1940s. The footage begins with aerial views of Mount Fuji taken from an unidentified airliner. The next segment is comprised of…

[Footage taken during flights over Japan and Shemya Island (Alaska), circa 1930s-1940s]
Film footage taken during flights over Japan and Shemya Island (Alaska), circa 1930s-1940s. The footage begins with aerial views filmed from an unidentified aircraft, showing houses, streets, and a shoreline; presumably these shots are of Kobe and…

[Hugh Herndon and Clyde Pangborn working on "Miss Veedol"]
Photograph of Hugh Herndon (right) and Clyde Pangborn (left, standing on airplane) working on "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), in a hangar in Japan, circa 1931. Inscription on verso: "No 1. Upper – Pangborn.…

[Soldiers at outdoor theater]
Photograph of United State Army soldiers at an outdoor theater on Iwo Jima, circa 1940s. The theater was established by Yun Yau Kam to help boost morale.

[Aerial view of Iwo Jima]
Oblique aerial photograph of Iwo Jima, circa 1940s.

[Aerial view of Iwo Jima, Japan]
Aerial photograph of Iwo Jima, Japan, August 4, 1944. Inscription: "16. CV16-2302; 8-4-44; /630(-10); K17-24", T-8000'; Out-6500'; Iwo Jima; Restricted."

AAF Special Plotting Chart, Chart No. S-501 [Navigational chart of Japan and the Mariana Islands]
Navigational chart titled "AAF Special Plotting Chart, Chart No. S-501," showing Japan and the Mariana Islands, circa October 1944. This chart was used by the 505th Bombardment Group, United States Army Air Forces, during World War II. Inscription:…

[Japanese ships under aerial attack near North Iwo Jima]
Photograph of Japanese ships under aerial attack near North Iwo Jima, October 30, 1944. Caption: "2 - VB117 -17 - Kita Iwo Jima - 30 Oct. 44 - 0340 - 6 3/8" - Rest." Caption on accompanying document: "132. Enemy shipping."

[Teletype printout of news story about Tokyo bombing mission, November 24, 1944]
Teletype printout of a news story by Mac R. Johnson, United Press war correspondent, describing a bombing mission against Tokyo, Japan on November 24, 1944. Johnson accompanied the crew of "Little Gem," a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, during the mission…
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