The Snapshots in Time Collection

Handwritten Japanese-Language Wartime Document, Page 1005, from WWII Pacific Theater Collection

Handwritten Japanese-Language Wartime Document, Page 1005, from WWII Pacific Theater Collection

A page of Japanese-language wartime writing, likely a captured document associated with the Pacific campaign of the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80). Documents such as this, recovered during combat operations, offer a rare window into the perspective of Japanese servicemen and civilians during World War II. Project: 218459