22.17.61

Print, Photographic

1944 Approximate

Roy and Lawrence Yess Posed with Military Vehicles. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white snapshot showing a five young men in military fatigues casually seated on and atop military vehicles; Roy Yess is on the left, Lawrence Yess is behind him; three other uniformed men to their 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.