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Photograph of the sign for the base operations building at Komaki Air Base, Japan, April 1947. The sign reads: "Base operations. Komaki Airdrome. NAAB [Nagoya Army Air Base]. APO 710. Elevation 78 feet."Inscription on verso: "Our new base ops. I work…

Photograph of the tail fin of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (tail number 483411) at Komaki Air Base, Japan, April 1947. The tail bears the emblem of the Fifth Air Force, United States Army Air Forces. The inscription notes that the plane belonged to…

Photograph of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft (tail number 483411) parked at Komaki Air Base, Japan, April 1947. The tail bears the emblem of the Fifth Air Force, United States Army Air Forces. The inscription notes that the plane belonged to…

Photograph of a Buddhist guardian statue at a temple near Nagoya, Japan, March 1947.Inscription on verso: "Giant statue protecting Buddha shrine 20 miles south of Nagoya, Japan. March 1947."

Photograph of a Buddhist statue at a temple near Nagoya, Japan, March 1947.Inscription on verso: "Shrine 20 miles south of Nagoya, Japan. March 1947."

Photograph of a Buddhist statue at a temple near Nagoya, Japan, March 1947.Inscription on verso: "Buddha shrine 20 miles south of Nagoya, Japan. March 1947."

Photograph of concrete hangars at Komaki Air Base, Japan, January 30, 1947. The inscription notes that the hangars, originally used by the Japanese military during World War II to store Mitsubishi A6M Reisen "Zero" aircraft, were used by the 158th…

Photograph of concrete hangars at Komaki Air Base, Japan, March 1947. The inscription notes that the hangars, originally used by the Japanese military during World War II to store Mitsubishi A6M Reisen "Zero" aircraft, were used by the 158th Liaison…

Photograph of a control tower on top of a concrete hangar at Komaki Air Base, Japan, circa 1947. A fire truck is parked inside the hangar.

Photograph of a Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft crashed upside down on a beach near Nagoya, Japan, August 1947. The plane bears United States Army Air Forces markings.Inscription on verso: "The L-5 the Infantry cracked up in the river bottom. Nagoya,…