YOKOHAMA, JAPAN. C. 1945-09. THE RUINS OF JAPANESE BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY INCENDIARY BOMBS FROM ...

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Accession Number OG3445
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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YOKOHAMA, JAPAN. C. 1945-09. THE RUINS OF JAPANESE BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY INCENDIARY BOMBS FROM ALLIED BOMBING. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN BY WING COMMANDER R. LAURIE OF ADELAIDE, SA, DURING HIS VISIT TO JAPAN AS STAFF OFFICER TO THE RAAF'S CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF, AIR VICE MARSHAL GEORGE JONES FOR THE SIGNING OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER ABOARD USS MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY.