This handwritten note, from a WWII photo album connected to the 345th Bomber Group at Ie Shima, offers a personal, informal glimpse into a serviceman's observations during the Pacific campaign. Though only partially legible, the note references Korea and remarks that its people 'speak Japanese' — a reflection of the decades-long Japanese colonial administration of Korea (1910-1945) that Allied servicemen encountered firsthand as the war drew to a close. Project: 218237