22.17.58

Print, Photographic

1944 Approximate

Marines Roy and Lawrence Yess atop a World War II Military Tank. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white snapshot showing a close up of the Yess brothers in military fatigue uniforms posing atop a battlefield tank; painted in white on tank side are a large white star, the number 4 and the name "Waseca".

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.