US Marine talking to Japanese children, Japan, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph. United States Marine crouching down to talk with three young Japanese children, all of who are carrying infants on their backs. Official caption on front: "Making friends with Japanese children near Sasebo. Marine Corps Photo 25-5." Sasebo, Japan. 1945
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1945
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
Geography:
Sasebo
Latitude:
33.167
Longitude:
129.700
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Marines (Military personnel)--Japan
Children--Japanese--Japan
Infants--Japanese--Japan
Infants--Japan
Conversation--Japan