Anatahan Island, North Marianas, where Japanese soldiers were holed up, aerial view
Entry/Object ID
P-27025
Description
Photos P-27025 - P-27041 are photos of correspondand James F. Pynn on the USS Cocopa (ATE101) that went to the island to accept the surrender of the last 19 surviving Japanese soldiers who had held out believing the World War II was still going on. Some of the photos have attached carbon copies of news releases.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Black and White
Collection
Photograph Collection
Made/Created
Artist
United States Navy Official Photo
Date made
Jun 6, 1951
Place
Island
Anatahan Island, CNMI, Northern Mariana Islands
Ocean
South Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean, World Ocean
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Print, Photographic, XIII-C- Physical geography features (waves, beaches, bars, etc.)
