U.S. servicemen on Tinian in late 1945
Gift of David Lawrence, from the collection of the National World War II Museum
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Unidentified U.S. servicemen posing with Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka "cherry blossom" or baka, a rocket powered human-guided kamikaze attack plane, probably on Tinian in late 1945. "Jap suicide plane."
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Photographs, postcards and other documents from the American Red Cross service of Norma Force (later Lawrence), who served on Tinian and Guam.
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Tinian
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Airplanes--Japanese--Tinian
Tents--Tinian