The Snapshots in Time Collection

U.S. Navy Sailors Grouped at Industrial Facility Entrance, Occupied Japan

U.S. Navy Sailors Grouped at Industrial Facility Entrance, Occupied Japan

A group of U.S. Navy sailors pose at the entrance of an industrial facility in Japan during the Allied Occupation. Naval personnel were frequently tasked with inspecting, securing, or repurposing Japanese industrial and military infrastructure in the months following the September 1945 surrender. Project: 218591