The Snapshots in Time Collection
Captured Japanese Anti-Aircraft Gun in Tropical Setting, Luzon, Philippines, WWII
Abandoned amid the palms of Luzon, this Imperial Japanese anti-aircraft gun stands as a silent witness to the fierce fighting of the Philippines campaign. Captured by advancing American forces, weapons like this one were routinely photographed and documented as part of the broader effort to catalogue enemy ordnance during the liberation of the islands in 1944-1945. Project: 218438