1. Photographs 1945
Scope and Content Note
A. Photographs of Hawaii and Japan
Scope and Content Note
Sad Sacks, the day of leaving, Hawaii
Always trucks
Convoy making up in Pearl Harbor
Plenty of room to enjoy the beautiful trip out
From the bridge to forward deck
Real comfort below-decks
Late evening, Sept. 21, 1945, Sasebo, Japan
Early morning, Sept. 22, 1945, Sasebo, Japan
The outer harbor looking east to China, Sasebo, Japan
Sasebo's inner harbor
Landing at the Seaplane Base of the great Sasebo Naval Base, Sept. 22, 1945
The first Christian service to be held in this area
This factory moved 95% underground
A great factory for making catapults
Inside said bunkhouse – former factory
Mountainside entrance to underground factory
Inside view of underground factory
Japanese working for 98th N.C.B. cutting grass
Airstrip of mowed grass at V.M.O. 5 Seaplane Base, Sasebo
Typical forward area Post Office
Some mail did come
Sweating out the trip home
Stateside hair cut???
Japanese Washrack
We stand in line to eat!!! We Stand in Line!!!
Japanese squat facing the high end
One of three Peace Planes
Charcoal burners used in lieu of gasoline
Typical farm wife with child on her back
Little Miss, with Sasebo Harbor in background
Curing rice in sunlight
Even the very old did their share
All except the middle-class city man — his wife his serf
Not so the farmer — his wife his partner
Saw a great deal of this
Typical sight of loaded women
As a rule, it's the women's place in front of the load
Taken near Haiki, 10 miles from Sasebo
Japanese police
Kids — very colorful kimonos
Notice the very large doll on the child's back
Threshing rice
Japanese bicycle-taxi near Kashima
Inside shot of middle-class home
It's quite humid in this area
View of Sonogi, Japan, with terraced rice paddies
Women carry male children until quite an advanced age
Air view of rice paddies
Very little land goes to waste in Japan
Ten million people live on the island of Kyushu alone
View of terraced fields
Air view of the Kumamoto Mountains across the Shimabara Kaiwan Bay
Inland waterways on air flight from Sasebo to Nagasaki
Rice fields, with part of Saga Mountain Range in background
Japanese plane factory, not far from Omuta.
Roadside shrine hidden in the rocks
Inside view of the Catholic Church, Sacred Heart, Main Street, Sasebo
Entrance to Shinto Shrine
These shrines were out of bounds to all troops
Entrance to a Buddhist temple
Country village
Country estate of rich farmer
Front view of estate
Better than average farm house
Missionary school
Main street of Sasa Village, approximately 20 miles north of Sasebo
Main street of Arita, northeast of Sasebo
Alleys of Sasebo
Three Japanese aircraft carriers
Middle class city house
Looking over the city of Omuta
Sasebo from the air
Closer view of the city showing the firebombed area
Military college, 5th Marine Headquarters
Closer view of Sasebo
Sasebo
Sasebo main street
Looking across town
His home
Firebombing hit in spots, leaving others untouched
The main theater, Sasebo, gutted
Sasebo Main Street
The main shopping area
The air view from Omora. This section untouched
Nagasaki, bomb dropped midway in the upper center, looking north Aug. 9, 1945
The entire valley was a complete ruin, looking south
The residential area, protected from the bomb blast to the north by a range of hills
Large airplane factory. At the upper end of valley, or north end
Vertical view of a string of factories at the southern end of the Nagasaki Valley
Close of factories
Flying over the residential area
Former church located on the very edge of the bomb blast
Result of blast – southern end of valley
Approximately 12 miles from bomb blast, to the north, beyond the end of the valley
Japanese Army-Navy hospital — southern end of valley
Approximately eight miles to the northeast of the valley, only the blast reached here
A few miles further on, up the same valley
Church approximately seven miles down the southern end of the valley
The sun has set on Japan