The Snapshots in Time Collection

Flooded Tent Camp with Collapsed Frame Structure, Ie Shima, WWII Photo Album

Flooded Tent Camp with Collapsed Frame Structure, Ie Shima, WWII Photo Album

Standing floodwater covers the camp grounds in this photograph from a 345th Bombardment Group album, with a partially collapsed tent frame visible among the rows of tents beyond. Heavy tropical rains and typhoons posed a constant challenge to base infrastructure at forward Pacific airfields such as Ie Shima during 1945. Project: 218228