OKUNOSHIMA, JAPAN. 1947-03-20. A NOTICE PRINTED IN ENGLISH AND JAPANESE WARNS WOULD-BE VISITORS ...

Place Asia: Japan
Accession Number 132596
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Queale, Alan
Place made Japan: Okunoshima Island
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

OKUNOSHIMA, JAPAN. 1947-03-20. A NOTICE PRINTED IN ENGLISH AND JAPANESE WARNS WOULD-BE VISITORS THAT THE DANGEROUS ISLAND OF OKUNOSHIMA IS OUT OF BOUNDS WITHOUT A BCOF PASS. THE DANGER IS DUE TO THE GAS DECONTAMINATION CARRIED OUT BY THE TEIKOKU RAYON COMPANY UNDER CONTRACT FROM THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT AND UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE DISPOSAL ENEMY EQUIPMENT SECTION, BCOF.