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[Townsend and Keifer at air base] (Item)
[Townsend and Keifer at air base]
Photograph of Captain Townsend (right) and Sergeant Keifer (left) at an unidentified air base in Japan, April 1947. The plane behind them is a Stinson L-5 Sentinel of the United States Army Air Forces. Mount Fuji is visible in the background.Inscription on verso: "Capt. Townsend and Sgt. Keifer, operators of the Fuji Grand Hotel. They came out to the strip to see me the day I went up there to fly…
[Concrete hangars] (Item)
[Concrete hangars]
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 Liaison Squadron of the United States Army Air Forces to store their Stinson L-5 Sentinels.Typed on verso: "A few of the hangars we use for the L-5s.…
[Base operations building] (Item)
[Base operations building]
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 in here now. I go through that open door many times a day. The NAAB stands for Nagoya Army Air Base, which we are known as. Komaki Airdrome. Nagoya,…
[Crashed Stinson L-5 Sentinel] (Item)
[Crashed Stinson L-5 Sentinel]
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, Japan. August 47."
[Two men outside building] (Item)
[Two men outside building]
Photograph of two men, likely Lloyd R. Lyckman (right) and Louis L. McCoy (left), standing outside a civic information center building in Nagoya, Japan, circa 1945-1952. Inscription on verso: "To my good friend M/Sgt. Lyckman. Louis L. McCoy, [address in Mount Vernon, Illinois]."
[Control tower on top of concrete hangar] (Item)
[Control tower on top of concrete hangar]
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.
[Mount Fuji] (Item)
[Mount Fuji]
Photograph of Mount Fuji (Japan) taken from a Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft, April 1947. Part of the plane's wing is visible.Inscription on verso: "Mt. Fujiyama taken in front of left wing on my L-5. Nagoya, Japan. April 1947."
[Buddhist statue] (Item)
[Buddhist statue]
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."
[Mount Fuji] (Item)
[Mount Fuji]
Photograph of Mount Fuji, Japan, April 1947.Inscription on verso: "Mt. Fuji taken 8000 ft. above sea level, and above clouds. Japan. April 1947."
[Oil barrel at Komaki Air Base] (Item)
[Oil barrel at Komaki Air Base]
Photograph of an oil barrel used to heat buildings at Komaki Air Base, Japan, February 4, 1947.Typed caption on verso: "This is a picture of what the Oil Barrels (Diesel) look like outside our windows. The Tube you see running down the wall is a rubber hose, and it goes in to the stove. In fairly cold weather, a 50 gallon barrel lasts about 1 1/2 weeks. 158th Liaison Squadron. Kamaki [Komaki] Air…