Photograph of a crowd of people amongst buildings on the streets of Sendai, Japan. The ground is littered with puddle of water.

Photograph of Deyo holding a trumpet in front of a tree. he is wearing a dark collared shirt with two pockets on the front. Handwritten on the right in blue ink is, "to Mac a good buddy and a fine guy. Bill Murphy".

An informational paper on the ranks of Japanese army personnel and useful Japanese phrases.

Edgar's diary entry deals with a regulation given by the Japanese Empire for the treatment of prisoners of war.

Photograph of four longshoremen sitting on stacked cargo at Yellow Beach, Okinawa, Japan. Many of the cargo boxes in the foreground are overturned or broken.

Photographic negative of military service members lined up in formation as two opposing teams while playing football at Okinawa Officers Club and Recreation. A football can be seen in motion on the right side of the photo. There is a view of a body of water in the background.

Photographic negative of service members at the Okinawa Officers Club and Recreation from the 1894 Aviation Engineer Battalion running in a field as they engage in sport and recreation.

A pocket sized booklet containing information on the Nansei Islands in Japan intended for United States military personnel that went there. The booklet describes the people, geography, history, culture, and disease and dangerous wildlife and provides maps, illustrations, and English phrases translated into Japanese with phonetic pronunciations.

Photograph taken on a street in Niigata, Japan. There are buildings and powerlines on either side of the street and a few people in long dark coats walking around. On the right boxes can be seen stacked against the side of building.

A photograph of a soldier in front of the 511 Parachute Infantry sign in Morioka, Japan. The man is wearing a large dark collared overcoat, a cap, crossbody bag, gloves and his pants are tucked into his boots. Behind him are several support pillars, and the facade of a building dotted with windows. The ground is covered in snow.

Photograph of a solider in a dark collared sweater, pants, side cap, crossbody bag and lace up boots posing in front of train tracks. Behind him are train cars on the tracks and a sign that reads "YAMAGATA" in English and in Japanese characters.

Photograph of an empty street in Niigata, Japan. On both sides of the street are tall fences and light poles. On the left hangs a sign with Japanese's characters on it. The ground is wet from rain.

Photograph of a busy street in Sendai, Japan. On the left is a row of buildings, a large crowd of people and car parked off to the side. On the right is a row of powerlines and a smaller crowd of people. The street is wet from rain.

Photograph of Niigata taken form a school building. There are multiple buildings in view, and a single person is standing in the street below.

Cinquain poem composed as lyrics to a song with the beginning stanza containing 8 lines, ending stanza containing 6 lines and the middle stanzas having 4 lines, each rhyming on the second, fourth and sixth line. The lyrics discuss conditions at war and the American's confidence in the fight against dictators.

Photograph of two men interacting from the window of a train car. On the left stands a man in a dark double pocketed uniform jacket with an Army technician patch on the arm and sunglasses. He is resting his forearm on the train window from the outside. On the right, inside the train, is a light-haired man raising food to his mouth. Underneath the window is a sign that reads "Reserved for Allied Military Forces" in English and in Japanese characters underneath.

Photograph of the view looking east across the Shimano River in Niigata, Japan. This was taken from the third floor of a school.

An Imperial Rescript of the Declaration of War on the United States and Great Britain.