The Snapshots in Time Collection
Group Portrait of Airmen at Tent Camp, Ie Shima, 345th Bomb Group, WWII
Seven airmen of the 345th Bomb Group pose informally at their tent camp on Ie Shima, part of the Okinawa island chain used as a forward air base in the final months of WWII. Photographs like this captured the camaraderie of ground and air crews stationed far from home. Project: 218228