The Snapshots in Time Collection
"Surrendering Japs Wade Out to U.S. Picket Boat" -- Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, Okinawa Campaign, 1945
An official U.S. Marine Corps photograph captioned 'Surrendering Japs Wade Out to U.S. Picket Boat,' documenting Japanese men wading out to surrender during the Battle of Okinawa, April-June 1945. Photographs like this were distributed by the Marine Corps as part of the wartime press record of the Pacific campaign's final, brutal stages. Project: 218500