Aerial view of Okabe, Japan

Gift in Memory of Vearl John Chapin
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Photograph, aerial. View of rural habitations and fields in Okabe, Japan. Official caption (Front): "3 PRS. M 420. 1:19 - 20 AF. 9/6 - 1000k. 6 3/8:1000. Okabe. Restricted." 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
Latitude: 
36.000
Longitude: 
138.000
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Aerial photographs--Japan