Taken in 1945, this photograph shows a cleared street cutting through the ruins of a Japanese neighborhood destroyed by Allied incendiary bombing. Rubble and roof tiles are piled along the roadsides while civilians, including a cyclist, move through what remains of their community. Such images, common in personal photo albums kept by American servicemen during the occupation of Japan, document both the scale of wartime destruction and the resilience of daily life in its aftermath. Project: 218465