IWAKUNI, JAPAN. C 1951. THE JAPANESE CREW OF AN RAAF FIRE FIGHTING UNIT, WHOSE COURAGEOUS ACTION ...

IWAKUNI, JAPAN. C 1951. THE JAPANESE CREW OF AN RAAF FIRE FIGHTING UNIT, WHOSE COURAGEOUS ACTION IN EXTINGUISHING A BLAZING U.S. PETROL TANKER PREVENTED POSSIBLE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AT AN RAAF STATION IN SOUTHERN JAPAN. LEADER OF THE CREW, SHINSUKA UEMURA, IS SECOND ON THE LEFT. ALSO IN THE PICTURE IS A22740 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN J.A. LENNON, OF THE RAAF, WHO ARRIVED ON THE SCENE OF THE FIRE IN ANOTHER FIRE FIGHTING UNIT SOON AFTER THE BLAZE HAD BEEN BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL.