The Snapshots in Time Collection

Handwritten Letter to 'Marianne' Describing Troopship Arrival at Yokohama, Japan

Handwritten Letter to 'Marianne' Describing Troopship Arrival at Yokohama, Japan

A serviceman's handwritten letter home describes the final leg of a 23-day troopship voyage as it nears Yokohama, Japan, with orders to continue inland by rail to Nagoya. Letters like this one offer an intimate, first-person window into the anxieties and hopes of American troops during the early occupation of Japan following World War II. Project: 218342