December 10, 1956 · Gelatin silver photograph
Japanese Employees in the Ordnance Workshop at Camp Drake
U.S. Army Signal Corps, photographer unknown
Why it matters
The workshop makes the alliance economic and material, showing Japanese labour maintaining U.S. military infrastructure rather than treating postwar growth as an abstract national miracle.
- Publication
- U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph
- Holding institution
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration; digital copy via Showa-kan
- Shelfmark
- 05-2108-111SC-1097_498821; Showa-kan S1R0101115508
Citation
U.S. Army Signal Corps, photographer unknown. Japanese employees in the blacksmith shop of the Ordnance Field Maintenance Detachment (8170), Camp Drake, Saitama. December 10, 1956. 05-2108-111SC-1097_498821. U.S. National Archives; digital copy, Showa-kan S1R0101115508.
