The Snapshots in Time Collection
Airmail Envelope from T/6 Ross Moon (11th Airborne Division, APO 468, Occupied Japan) to Miss Marianne Sammiet, September 1946
This 1946 airmail envelope was sent by T/6 Ross Moon, serving with Headquarters Special Troops of the 11th Airborne Division during the postwar occupation of Japan, to Marianne Sammiet in Richmond, California. Correspondence such as this, exchanged between American servicemen abroad and loved ones at home, offers an intimate window into the experience of the U.S. military's occupation duty in Japan following World War II. Project: 218341