The Snapshots in Time Collection

Commercial Street Scene with Japanese Signage, Likely Okinawa, Japan (Vietnam-Era Collection, 1964)

Commercial Street Scene with Japanese Signage, Likely Okinawa, Japan (Vietnam-Era Collection, 1964)

Though catalogued within a 1964 Saigon collection, this street scene's Japanese signage and right-hand traffic point instead to Okinawa, then under U.S. administration and a key transit and rest point for American servicemen bound for Vietnam. A uniformed serviceman stands among local shops, illustrating the interconnected geography of the U.S. military presence in the Western Pacific during the Vietnam War era. Project: 218565