Soldiers try out their Japanese on two geisha girls in Kyoto, Japan in September 1945

U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
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"G.I.'s try out Japanese phrase book on two geisha girls in Kyoto, Japan." September 1945

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1945-09-
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Items from the service of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, consisting of photographs of the 161st Signal Photographic Company Combat Unit #10 which served on Espiritu Santos, Guadalcanal, New Britain, New Guinea, Noemfor, Leyte, Samar and Luzon.
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Kyōto
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35.000
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135.750
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--American--Japan
People--Japan