The Snapshots in Time Collection
Serviceman Posing on Coastal Bluff, Ie Shima, 345th Bomber Group Photo Album, WWII
An airman relaxes on a coastal bluff overlooking the beach at Ie Shima, the small island near Okinawa that served as a key air base for the 345th Bombardment Group in 1945. Informal snapshots like this captured rare downtime amid the demands of the Pacific air war. Project: 218234