The Snapshots in Time Collection
Okinawan Field Laborers Harvesting Crops, Ryukyu Islands, WWII Era
Local farm laborers work an open field in the Ryukyu Islands, likely photographed near Okinawa or Ie Shima during or after the 1945 campaign. Preserved in a WWII photo album belonging to a member of the 345th Bombardment Group, images like this document the civilian life and agricultural landscape encountered by American servicemen stationed in the region amid the wider Pacific War. Project: 218239