PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-397-366

PARENT COLLECTION

Matsui Family Collection

DESCRIPTION

The caption in the photo album reads "Altho DDT powder should be on for 2 hrs to be effective some repats shake it all off". 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.

CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Matsui Family Collection, Densho

RIGHTS