The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: JAP MONEY
A collection of World War II Pacific Theater artifacts documenting the Okinawa campaign and the final months of the war against Japan, including troop newspapers announcing General Buckner's death and Japan's surrender, YANK magazine features, and a captured Japanese intelligence document. Rounding out the group are Japanese wartime currency and savings bonds, Allied occupation "B-Yen" scrip, and real-photo postcards of a devastated Japanese city.
'The Buckaneer' Okinawa Military Newspaper, Vol. 1 No. 38, 20 June 1945 - 'General Buckner Killed in Action'
"The Buccaneer" Okinawa Troop Newspaper, "Allies Accept Jap Offer" Extra Edition, August 12, 1945
"Victory on Okinawa Day" Radio Program Script, Page 1 - WWII Pacific Theater Broadcast
Captured Japanese Document with U.S. Joint Intelligence Examination Stamp, WWII Pacific Theater
YANK, The Army Weekly — 'PX' Reader Feature Page, World War II Era
'Invading Japan' – YANK, The Army Weekly Feature Article on Operations Olympic and Coronet, 1945
Assortment of WWII-Era Japanese Currency, War Bonds, and Allied Military Occupation Scrip
