A page from a U.S. serviceman's photo album documenting daily life in Hiratsuka, Japan, during the American occupation following World War II. The images -- a young girl posed with an incentive of sugar, the city's damaged fire station, a local resident near war-damaged buildings, and two boys at the gate of the 27th Infantry Division's area -- offer a candid, unfiltered view of a defeated nation's civilian population and the informal exchanges between occupying troops and local residents. One period caption uses language reflecting the era's common but now-recognized-as-derogatory terminology for Japanese civilians, preserved here for historical accuracy in the archival transcription. Project: 218545