22.17.50

Print, Photographic

1945 Approximate

Lawrence Yess in World War II U.S. Marine Dress Uniform Portrait. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 5". Description: black and white portrait of a young, smiling man in Marine uniform and cover; identified as Lawrence Yess of Waseca County.

Lawrence 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.