22.17.54

Print, Photographic

1944 Approximate

Lawrence and Roy Yess with Friend. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 5". Description: black and white snapshot of Waseca County men posed with arms around each other in front of a white clapboard house; Lawrence and Roy are in full military uniform, the young man in the center is wearing a dark business suit.

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.