Leisure facilities for US servicemen on beach, Japan, 1945

Gift in Memory of William G. Harrach
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Photograph. Volleyball court, basketball net and tent set up on beach for servicemen's entertainment. Cisterns on scaffolds in the background. Japan. 1945

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1945
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Items from the service of William Galen Harrach, who was born in Holyoke, Colorado on May 6, 1927. He enlisted in the US Navy on August 26, 1944 and served aboard the USS Hancock as a Photographer's Mate in the Pacific Theatre. Collection includes over 175 photographs.
Geography: 
Nihon
Latitude: 
36.000
Longitude: 
138.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Beaches--Japan