This album page, captioned by the American serviceman who took the photographs, documents both the destruction and daily life encountered during the occupation of Hiratsuka, Japan, following World War II. Bomb-flattened city blocks stand alongside images of a busy train station and a Shinto shrine marked 'off limits' to occupying troops, offering a firsthand view of a defeated nation adjusting to American military presence in 1945 and 1946. Project: 218545