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Troops returning from Manchuria (ddr-densho-299-106)
img Troops returning from Manchuria (ddr-densho-299-106)
Caption: "Soldiers returning from Manchuria. The effect from our fire bombing is evident. With very few / trains running, most of them had to walk."
Ruins from explosion (ddr-densho-299-147)
img Ruins from explosion (ddr-densho-299-147)
Caption: "One mile from the epicenter of the blast. Notice smokestacks still standing. / Circular objects must divert blast forces better than flat surfaces."
Surviving museum (ddr-densho-299-126)
img Surviving museum (ddr-densho-299-126)
Caption: "Museum survived fire bombs but interior completely destroyed."
Japanese farmer drives his ox pulling his cart (ddr-densho-299-183)
img Japanese farmer drives his ox pulling his cart (ddr-densho-299-183)
Caption: "Some farmers were lucky enough to have oxen alive after the war."
T. Seabald and William Draper headed to dinner held in Draper's honor (ddr-densho-299-169)
img T. Seabald and William Draper headed to dinner held in Draper's honor (ddr-densho-299-169)
Caption: "Mr. T. Seabald, head of diplomatic section escorts Undersecretary of the Army William / Draper to Officer's Club for dinner given in his honor."
Farmers threshing grains during harvest (ddr-densho-299-28)
img Farmers threshing grains during harvest (ddr-densho-299-28)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-47-77285. 14 July 47 / Japanese farmers work together / during harvest time: / Japanese women, men and children / thresh barley and other cereal / grains on a foot-powered threshing / machine at a farm located near / Mount Fuji, Japan. On farms such / as this it is often a community …
Young Japanese girl dressed in a kimono (ddr-densho-299-181)
img Young Japanese girl dressed in a kimono (ddr-densho-299-181)
Caption: "Young girl in her festival clothes holding a badminton paddle."
Japanese family sits down to a small dinner due to limited supply (ddr-densho-299-196)
img Japanese family sits down to a small dinner due to limited supply (ddr-densho-299-196)
Caption: "Food was scarce. A family sits to eat their evening meal, part of which was obtained in the / black market. The meal consists of: a bowl of rice, pickled radishes, two slices of bread (courtesy SCAP), and six ounces of fish."
Japanese men make fuel from charcoal (ddr-densho-299-116)
img Japanese men make fuel from charcoal (ddr-densho-299-116)
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."
Japanese refugees row a boat through flooded streets (ddr-densho-299-112)
img Japanese refugees row a boat through flooded streets (ddr-densho-299-112)
Caption: "Earthquakes and floods come so regularly that people don't seem to get too excited."
Japanese farmers with
img Japanese farmers with "Honey Buckets" full of fertilizer (ddr-densho-299-182)
Caption: "'Honey Buckets' full of human excrement collected to be used for fertilizer."
A boy sitting in the rubble of his house after an earthquake (ddr-densho-299-14)
img A boy sitting in the rubble of his house after an earthquake (ddr-densho-299-14)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5497. 29 June 48 / Quake rocks southern coast of Japan: / playing with dirt on the spot where his house / once stood this Japanese child, too / young to realize what has happen [sic], is / undisturbed by the horrow which sur- / rounds him. The quake which struck / on …
Fire spreading through town (ddr-densho-299-167)
img Fire spreading through town (ddr-densho-299-167)
Caption: "Since most dwellings are made of wood and close together, fires spread quickly."
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