The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 1
Images from the closing months of the Pacific War center on Ie Shima and Okinawa, including the memorial and grave of war correspondent Ernie Pyle and the green-cross Japanese envoy aircraft that carried surrender delegates in August 1945. Philippine street scenes, aerial reconnaissance views, and preserved V-J Day newspaper extras round out a personal record of the war's end.
Los Angeles Times 'Extra' Editions Announcing Japanese Surrender, August 14, 1945 (V-J Day)
Los Angeles Times 'Extra' Editions: Death of Ace Richard Bong and Atomic Bombing of Japan, August 1945
Archival Workspace View: Vintage Photo Albums and V-J Day 'Extra' Newspapers from a WWII Personal Collection
Low-Level Parafrag Bombing Attack on Japanese Airfield by B-25 Mitchell Bombers, WWII Pacific Theater
Ruins of the Manila Central Post Office and Pasig River Waterfront, Philippines, 1945
Japanese Surrender Delegation Bomber (Mitsubishi G4M 'Betty'), Marked with Green Crosses, at Ie Shima, August 1945
Japanese 'Green Cross' Envoy Bomber Arriving at Ie Shima Airfield, 19 August 1945 (Probable)
Crowd of American Servicemen Surround Japanese Surrender Delegation Aircraft, Ie Shima, August 1945
Battle-Scarred Hillside Overlooking Anchorage, Okinawa, 1945
Wrecked/Abandoned Biplane in Tall Grass, Okinawa Area
Rear Quarter View of Japanese Surrender Delegation Bomber with Cross Markings, Ie Shima, August 1945
Traditional Okinawan Turtleback Tomb (Kamekobaka) on Hillside, Okinawa, 1945
Shinto Torii Gate and Shrine Grounds Amid Haze, Okinawa, 1945
Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph of Pacific Island Airfield, WWII
Massive Crowd of American Servicemen Gathered at Ie Shima, August 1945
U.S. Army Airdrome Squadron Truck and Personnel Beside Japanese Surrender Aircraft, Ie Shima, August 1945
Serviceman Amid Wreckage in Bombed-Out Aircraft Hangar, Pacific Theater, WWII
Abandoned Cave Entrance with Discarded Helmet and Boots, Okinawa Campaign
U.S. Military Tent Encampment and Anchorage, Okinawa, WWII
Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph of a Damaged Japanese Airfield, Okinawa, 1945
Temporary U.S. Military Cemetery with American Flag, Okinawa
Aerial Reconnaissance View of Japanese Town and Agricultural Fields, Okinawa Area
Coral Quarry and Road Construction Site, Okinawa
Ernie Pyle Memorial Monument, Ie Shima
Military Convoy Passing a War-Scarred Rock Outcropping, Okinawa
Military Memorial Service at Cemetery Chapel — Okinawa, 1945
Aerial/Elevated View of Tent Camp and Bay, Okinawa
Allied Troops Lining Airfield to Witness Japanese Surrender Delegation Aircraft, Ie Shima, Okinawa, August 1945
Aerial View of Airfield Runways, Okinawa
Grave of War Correspondent Ernie Pyle, Ie Shima Military Cemetery, 1945
Aerial View of Okinawan Village and Family Tomb Complex
Ernie Pyle Memorial Monument, Ie Shima (Close View)
Ernie Pyle Memorial Monument, Ie Shima, Okinawa Campaign, 1945
Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph of Small Island Airfield, Ryukyu Islands
Off-Duty Servicemen Resting on Coral Rocks, Okinawa
American Servicemen at an Outdoor Swimming Pool, Okinawa Area
Panoramic Landscape View from Hillside Overlook, Okinawa
Tropical Foliage Study, Okinawa
Municipal Hall Sign and Statue of Liberty Replica, San Narciso, Zambales, Philippines
Dedication Plaque, Doña Aurora Natatorium, Mount Arayat National Park, Philippines - Inaugurated March 22, 1941
Rural Landscape with Hill and Farmland, Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Servicemen Gathered at Outdoor Swimming Pool, Okinawa Area
American Servicemen and Clergyman Group Portrait, Pacific Theater
American Serviceman with Okinawan Civilian Family in Front of Traditional Stilt House, Okinawa, 1945
Okinawan Civilians Gathered Beneath a Trellis Arbor, U.S. Occupation Period, 1945
American Servicemen and Local Women on Tropical Street, Philippines (Misfiled Under Okinawa Surrender Folder)
American Servicemen with Local Girls on Village Street, Okinawa, Postwar Pacific Theater
Japanese Twin-Engine Bomber Marked with Surrender Cross, Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, August 1945
Sailors Loading a Deck Gun Aboard a U.S. Navy Vessel, Pacific Theater, World War II
