Aerial view of American boats in Tokyo Bay, Japan

Gift in Memory of Vearl John Chapin
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Photograph, aerial. View of American boats next to the mouth of a river and a small island in the Tokyo Bay, Japan. Official caption (Front): "20AF:5M. Display of Force: 215H : 9-2-0145 Z:6 "4000 : O. Tokyo : K-66. Restricted." Japan. No date

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1945
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Items from the service of Vearl Chapin, who was born in Redding, California, on September 30, 1926. He enlisted in the Army in February of 1945 and was shipped to the Pacific Theatre, where he served with the 3rd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron in the Philippines and Marianas. Collection consists of aerial photographs showing bomb targets in Japan.
Geography: 
Nihon
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36.000
Longitude: 
138.000
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Aerial photographs--Japan