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[Servicemen at air base in Iwo Jima]
Photographic group portrait of U.S. Navy servicemen at an air base in Iwo Jima, Japan, circa 1945-1952. A Douglas C-54 Skymaster aircraft and Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft are parked in the background. The men, including Jerry Michaud, are identified by first or last name in the inscriptions.Inscription: "Graff - Stanley - Swicegood- Conrody- Harder - Dave. Cass - Packo - Schrock - Pignatro -…
[Aerial view of Hiroshima, Japan]
Oblique aerial photograph of Hiroshima, Japan taken from a Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft, August 1945. Typed caption on album page: "Hiroshima from the tail gunner's position in a B-29 at 1500 feet, late August 1945." Part of a photograph album page containing captioned photos of the Pacific Theater during World War II, circa 1945.
[Serviceman with damaged Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (Thunderbolt) Jack aircraft]
Photograph of an unidentified serviceman posing with a damaged Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (Thunderbolt) Jack aircraft, Japan, August 1945. Typed caption on album page: "Disabled Japanese fighter on airfield near Tokyo, August 1945." Part of a photograph album page containing captioned photos of the Pacific Theater during World War II, circa 1945.
[Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan]
Photograph of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, circa 1945. Typed caption on album page: "Iwo Jima, EE woh JEE muh, is the middle island of the three Volcano Islands, or Kazan Retto, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. More than 5,000 men of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth United States Marine divisions gave their lives to capture its 8 square miles from the Japanese in February and March, 1945. The…
Daibutsu or Great Buddha at Kamakura
Photograph of the Great Buddha (Daibutsu) statue at the Kōtoku-in temple in Kamakura, Japan, circa 1945-1952. Typed caption in margin: "Daibutsu or Great Buddha at Kamakura." Typed caption on verso: "The world-famed Buddha, known as Dai-Butsu, is located at Kamakura, near Yokohama. The silently eloquent bronze Dia-Butsu, the most impressive of its kind in the world, has an expression and pose…
Yomei-mon Gate of the Toshogu Shrine, Nikko
Photograph of the Yōmeimon gate at Nikkō Tōshō-gū in Nikkō, Japan, circa 1945-1952. Typed caption in margin: "Yomei-mon Gate of the Toshogu Shrine, Nikko, the most resplendent gate in the Orient." Typed caption on verso: "Nikko, Japan, is one of the great show places of Japan. In Nikko is a group of shrines and temples like no others in the world. Elaborate in architecture and adorned with…
[Aerial view of Hiroshima, Japan following the atomic bombing]
Oblique aerial photograph of Hiroshima, Japan following the atomic bombing, circa 1945-1952.Inscription on verso: "Hiroshim[a]."
[Aerial view of Hiroshima, Japan following the atomic bombing]
Oblique aerial photograph of Hiroshima, Japan following the atomic bombing, circa 1945-1952.Inscription on verso: "Hiroshima."
[Aerial view of Hiroshima, Japan following the atomic bombing]
Oblique aerial photograph of Hiroshima, Japan following the atomic bombing, circa 1945-1952.
[Aerial view of Hiroshima, Japan following the atomic bombing]
Oblique aerial photograph of Hiroshima, Japan following the atomic bombing, circa 1945-1952.Inscription on verso: "Hiroshima."