American airmen of the 345th Bombardment Group gather informally along a dirt road through their tent encampment on Ie Shima, a small island off Okinawa that served as a forward B-25 Mitchell bomber base in 1945. The rugged, rock-strewn terrain and austere canvas tent housing reflect the improvised living conditions U.S. forces endured while establishing airfields in the final campaigns of the Pacific War. Project: 218228