The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 2
Transport ships, snowbound barracks, P-47 Thunderbolts, and an early F-80 jet fighter trace one serviceman's journey through the Allied occupation of Japan and the transcontinental rail travel that bracketed it. Far from combat imagery, these snapshots record the weather, machinery, and long passages that filled a postwar tour of duty.
Harbor Wharf with Cargo Barge, Crane, and Dockworkers, Occupied Japan
American Servicemen Assembled with Duffel Bags at Barracks, Occupied Japan
Deck View Aboard Military Transport Ship with Cargo Booms and Servicemen, WWII/Postwar Era
Servicemen Gathered on Forward Deck Beneath Rigged Screen, Troop Transport Ship, WWII/Postwar Era
Servicemen Playing Cards and Resting on Crowded Deck, Troop Transport Ship, WWII/Postwar Era
The Merchant Ship "Sea Star" in a Postwar Japanese Harbor
American Servicemen Disembarking Troop Transport Ship at Japanese Port, Postwar Era
U.S. Navy Personnel Observing from Ship's Deck, Postwar Japan Occupation
American Servicemen and Japanese Civilians at a Railway Siding, Postwar Japan
Cargo/Transport Vessel Moored at Dockside, Postwar Japanese Port
U.S. Military Personnel at Requisitioned Concrete Building with Rooftop Antenna, Postwar Japan
Requisitioned Building Serving as U.S. Military Headquarters, Postwar Japan
U.S. Army Officers and Guest at Holiday Meal, Occupation-Era Officers' Club
Passenger Train Crossing Mountain Trestle Bridge, Transcontinental Rail Journey
Great Northern Railway Depot, Whitefish, Montana
Servicemen at Rail Platform Stop, Transcontinental Journey
Large Urban High-Rise Building Viewed from Street Level, American City
Memorial Field Gun and Barracks at U.S. Army Post
Man in Striped Pajamas in Furnished Room, Personal Snapshot
Servicemen at Coastal Installation with Observation Platform
Serviceman Writing a Letter at Barracks Desk
P-47 Thunderbolt Fighters on Airfield Flight Line, Postwar Occupation Base
Formation of Four Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star Jet Trainers in Flight
USAAF Officers Beside B-29 Superfortress Nose, Airfield Ceremony
Snow-Covered Entrance Road at Winter Military Post
Ice-Laden Barracks Building After Winter Storm
Republic P-84 Thunderjet on Snow-Covered Airfield, Postwar Era
Snow-Covered Barracks Row, Allied Occupation Billet, Japan, Postwar Winter
Arched Concrete Bunker/Culvert with Stored Barrels, Postwar Japan
Postcard: Holy Infancy Orphanage of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, Kita-Hiroshima, Japan
U.S. Air Force Jet Aircraft on Display Ramp, Dow Field, Bangor, Maine, 1950s
Snow-Covered Automobiles After a Winter Storm, American Homefront Snapshot (Filed in Postwar Japan Album)
Snow-Laden Forest with Birch and Conifer Trees, Postwar Japan
Serviceman Posing in Barracks Quarters, Postwar Japan Occupation Billet
Snow-Covered Riverbank with Industrial Buildings, Postwar Japan
Formation of Lockheed T-33/F-80 Shooting Star Jets in Flight, USAF
Portrait of an Airman in Flight Jacket Outside Barracks Quarters, Postwar Japan
Firefighters Battling a Forest Fire with Backpack Pumps