The Snapshots in Time Collection
Album Page: Okinawa Coastline and Shrine with Anti-Aircraft Emplacement, WWII Pacific Theater
This album page documents the Okinawa coastline and a Shinto shrine repurposed as an anti-aircraft gun emplacement during World War II. Typed captions identify the swimming hole below coastal cliffs, the calm bay along the China Sea side of the island, and sandbagged fortifications built around a torii gate -- a striking juxtaposition of sacred space and wartime defense. Project: 218545