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Messinger Pacific Theater World War II Collection

Owning Institution: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

About this Collection

The Messinger Collection contains 100 black-and-white photographs that record one soldier's views of Japan in the closing days of World War II, including 14 aerial photographs of Nagasaki after the atomic bombing on August 9, 1945. View this collection on the contributor's website.
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100 items found in this collection

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Even the very old did their share
A few miles further on, up the same valley
Firebombing hit in spots, leaving others untouched
The first Christian service to be held in this area
Flying over the residential area
Former church located on the very edge of the bomb blast
From the bridge to forward deck
Front view of estate
A great factory for making catapults
His home
Inland waterways on air flight from Sasebo to Nagasaki
Inside said bunkhouse - former factory
Inside shot of middle-class home
Inside view of the Catholic Church, Sacred Heart, Main Street, Sasebo
Inside view of underground factory
It's quite humid in this area
Japanese Army-Navy hospital - southern end of valley
Japanese bicycle-taxi near Kashima
Japanese plane factory, not far from Omuta
Japanese police
Japanese squat facing the high end
Japanese Washrack
Japanese working for 98th N.C.B. cutting grass
Kids - very colorful kimonos
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