Camp Churo on Tinian in 1945
Gift of David Lawrence, from the collection of the National World War II Museum
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View from in front of fence of children playing inside Camp Churo, a camp established by the U.S. military to house Tinian's non-military inhabitants; metal shacks and water barrels are visible. "Gook camp." Probably late 1945
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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
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Refugee camps--Tinian
Huts--Tinian
Children--Tinian
Fences--Tinian