22.17.52

Print, Photographic

1944 Approximate

Roy Yess and Lawrence Yess and Buddy in Iwo Jima. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5". Description: black and white snapshot of Waseca County brothers, Roy Yess and Lawrence Yess posing with a third Marine in front of their tent on the Island of Iwo Jima in World War II.

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.