Title:
Aye Ogata, Tom Uyeda and Bill Ishida in WWII bomb crater
Description:
"Aye Ogata (right), Tom Uyeda of Sacramento (foreground) and Bill Ishida in a bomb crater on Bougainville Island late 1944
or 1945. Bougainville is part of the Solomon Island group. The bomb was dropped from a ""Betty,"" a two-engine Japanese bomber.
Ishida said, ""It was a close call for all of us. You could hear that bomb whistle all the way down, and I hid my head between
two coconut trees. I thought we were dead."" The picture was used in the book ""Yankee Samurai."""
Publisher:
Tulare County Library
Date:
1944-1945
Type:
image
Identifier:
tcb0446
TCS1-446
Relation:
Shades of Tulare County
Tulare County Library
Rights:
This image is being made available for educational and research purposes only, under the Fair Use clause of the U.S. Copyright
Law (Title 17 section 107 U.S.C.) Further questions regarding the image or its use may be directed to the Tulare County Library,
200 W. Oak Ave., Visalia, CA 93291; Phn: 559-713-2700; Fax: 559-737-4586.