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Description
This smiling serviceman is probably in Camp Drake. After arriving in Yokohama, Williams spent a short period at Camp Drake in Osaka, about 15 miles northwest of Tokyo. This photo is part of a series documenting Williams’ shipping out to Korea. The journey started in Pittsburg, California (Camp Stoneman), where a ferry carried troops to San Francisco for embarkation to Japan, and on to Korea. The bulk of the journey took place on the USS General M. C. Meigs Navy transport ship, which sailed from San Francisco to Yokohama, Japan between January 14th and 28th, 1952.
Military life Military personnel Military facilities Korean War, 1950-1953 Japan Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952 Asaka-shi (Japan) Camp Drake (Asaka, Japan) War
Source
Hanson A. Williams, Jr. Collection of Photographs and Negatives 0017
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