Japanese men make fuel from charcoal

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Theodore Akimoto Family Collection

Caption: "With no gasoline available they devised a method of using charcoal to generate a gas sufficient to / power an engine. They would place the charcoal into large containers on the truck."

c.1945-1947

Japan

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Densho

Courtesy of the Theodore Akimoto Family Collection

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