Theis World War II Photographs

Collection

Identifier: SC-MS-308

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Contains United States Marine Corps photographs from World War II documenting United States involvement in the pacific. Primarily includes photographs of various Japanese cities in the aftermath of the atomic bombs, Marine Corp occupation of pacific islands, and the War Criminal Tribunal of the Far East.

Dates

1942-1945

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is unprocessed. Contact staff at the Center for Southeast North Carolina Archives and History (csencah@uncw.edu) for information on access to this collection.

Copyright Statement

Copyright retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Biographical / Historical

The main areas included in most of the Marines in the Pacific Theater photographs are Saipan, Tinian, and Guam. The atomic bomb destruction photos are from Nagasaki. Most of the photos are of the interactions between Marines and civilians displaced by the fighting, as well as Japanese P.O.W.'s.