YOKOHAMA, JAPAN. C. 1945-09. A LONELY JAPANESE WALKING NEAR THE RUINS OF BOMBED-OUT BUILDINGS, ...

Place Asia: Japan, Kanto, Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama
Accession Number OG3444
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN. C. 1945-09. A LONELY JAPANESE WALKING NEAR THE RUINS OF BOMBED-OUT BUILDINGS, DESTROYED BY GREAT AMERICAN INCENDIARY BOMB RAIDS. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN BY WING COMMANDER R. LAURIE OF ADELAIDE, SA, WHO FORMED PART OF THE OFFICIAL AUSTRALIAN PARTY AT THE SIGNING OF THE SURRENDER, AND SHOWS SOMETHING OF THE BOMB DAMAGE WROUGHT BY THE AMERICAN SUPER-FORTRESS AIRCRAFT.