The Snapshots in Time Collection
Military Mobile Radar/Communications Van with Polka-Dot Calibration Panel, U.S. Base in Japan, 1950s
A U.S. Army mobile radar or communications van, marked with a distinctive polka-dot calibration panel, sits parked outside barracks at an American military installation in postwar Japan, circa the 1950s. Equipment like this supported the extensive U.S. military presence in Japan during the occupation and Korean War era. Project: 218332