ETA JIMA, JAPAN. 1946-10-18. BUILDING OCCUPIED TEMPORARILY BY THE GARRISON ENGINEERS AT ...

Place Asia: Japan, Eta Jima
Accession Number 132234
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Queale, Alan
Place made Japan: Eta Jima
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

ETA JIMA, JAPAN. 1946-10-18. BUILDING OCCUPIED TEMPORARILY BY THE GARRISON ENGINEERS AT HEADQUARTERS, BCOF, FORMERLY THE JAPANESE NAVAL ACADEMY'S GUNNERY SCHOOL. THE LARGE GUN TURRET AT THE RIGHT WAS REMOVED FROM ONE OF THE SHIPS OF THE NIPPONESE NAVY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON IN 1921 AND WAS INSTALLED IN ITS PRESENT SITE IN 1937.