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photograph
Date1944
Mediumpaper
DimensionsL: 8 in, W: 10 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of Don S. Okubo
Object number95.85.66
Description1 photographic print: b&w photograph of 11 Military Intelligence Service and 1st Marine Division soldiers. 6 are kneeling on the ground, 2 in front each holding a corner of a Japanese flag with Japanese written all over it; 5 other men are standing in the back; 4 men are wearing hats; one man standing in back smoking a cigarette.
Written on verso, "Don Okubo #39", written on paper in black ink taped to verso, "Captured Japanese flag", under it typed, "#39-1 kneeling - front row, / L-R three orientals were: Ed Fujimori, Hisashi Kubota, Don Okubo", and under that is written in black ink, "After the U.S. Maine invasion of Delelin, Caroline Islands / September 1944 - Nisei linguists attached to 1st Maine Division".
Written on verso, "Don Okubo #39", written on paper in black ink taped to verso, "Captured Japanese flag", under it typed, "#39-1 kneeling - front row, / L-R three orientals were: Ed Fujimori, Hisashi Kubota, Don Okubo", and under that is written in black ink, "After the U.S. Maine invasion of Delelin, Caroline Islands / September 1944 - Nisei linguists attached to 1st Maine Division".
1945
1945
1945
1943-1946
Henry Sugimoto