Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

22.17.64

Description

Iwo Jima Battleground Casualties. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: black and white snapshot appears to be bodies scattered in death poses after a bloody battle on Iwo Jima between the Americans and Japanese in World War II.

Context

Lawrence and Roy Yess served in the U. S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division and fought in the Battle Iwo Jima, February 1945, an island in the Pacific which was the site of one of the bloodiest and most famous battles of World War II against Japan. Found at the Pink Schoolhouse sale. Rural Wilton Township School District #20, school District 20; located in Waseca County, Wilton Township, Section 17, Pink School house.

Made/Created

Date made

1944

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

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Create Date

September 5, 2018

Update Date

September 19, 2024