Repatriates undergo medical inspection

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Densho
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OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-397-365

PARENT COLLECTION

Matsui Family Collection

DESCRIPTION

The caption in the photo album reads "DDT section". DDT is an insecticide used in the 1940s to kill insects the spread diseases like typhus, malaria, and dengue fever. The sign in the photograph reads "Medical Inspection for Japanese". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.

DATE

c. March 1947

LOCATION

Japan

OBJECT GENRE

Photographs

OBJECT FORMAT

Still Image

TOPICS

FACILITY

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CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Matsui Family Collection, Densho

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