22.17.66

Print, Photographic

1944 Approximate

Marines Posed Holding a Japanese Senninbari Battle Trophy. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4". Description: black and white snapshot showing two young men wearing battle fatigues, posed in front of a military tank; they are displaying a a white cloth with a dark circle in the center appearing to be a Japanese soldier's good luck talisman called Senninbari.

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.