Walter Tadao Oka photograph collection, Album 1

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Title

Walter Tadao Oka photograph collection, Album 1

Creator

Oka, Walter Tadao: photographer

Description

Personal photographs taken by Walter Oka who served as an interpreter in Occupied Japan, 1946 through 1948.

Type

Photographs

Format

image/jpg

Extent

1 photo album, 20 pages

Language

eng
jpn

Date

1946-1948

Source

Walter Tadao Oka Photograph Collection
Go For Broke National Education Center

Identifier

2015.022_01

Items in the Walter Tadao Oka photograph collection, Album 1 Collection

Maizuru Harbor in Naka Maizuru and Hiashi Maizuru, Kyoto-Fu, Japan

Former Naval Base. Our camp in Naka Maizuru. Members of the 354th, 355th, and 356th HQ Intelligence Detachments.

En route by boat to Taira Repatriation Center of Higashi Maizuru. Interrogation activities of Prisoners of War (POWs) from Russia.

To and from Taira Reptriation Center. Tour of naval base in Naka Maizuru where a destroyer was fitted for repatriation to Russia.

Continuation of tour. Snowfall en route from Kyoto, Shimonoseki, Kokuru, and Kyushu

Visit to Obama, a resort town north of Maizuru, where we rested

Visit to Obama, a resort town north of Maizuru, where we rested

Hiroshima City en route to visit my relatives north of the city. Top Right: my cousins on Miyajima

Relatives in Hiroshima: Uncle Nagashima Family, Cousin Inouye, and Kageta Family in Hiroshima City

Kumamoto City. 3 month temporary duty with the military government. Castle, Billet.

Suizenji Park with Nisei repatriates. Below: agricultural expert visit to villages.

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