22.17.59

Print, Photographic

1944 Approximate

Seven Marines Posed by Tents. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white snapshot showing seven young men wearing military fatigues posed in two rows in front of their camp tents on Iwo Jima Island during World War II; Roy Yess is posed in front row, right holding onto a small dog; the man to his left holds onto a kitty; Lawrence Yess is standing third from the right.

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.