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PACIFIC ENCOUNTERS:
Island Memories of World War II
© 1987, East-West Center
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March 30-May 22, 1987
John A. Burns Hall
East-West Center
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presented by
the Institute of Culture and Communication
East-West Center
Honolulu, Hawaii
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Woleai, Caroline Islands, Federated
States of Micronesia (September 1945). The U.S. Pacific Fleet Task Force
plans the evacuation of the Japanese garrison on Woleai. A Woleaian
Islander, U.S. Marine Corps major and Japanese officer demonstrate the
subtleties of wartime encounters. Sporting traditional and Japanese-era
tattoos, hornrim glasses and loincloth, the Islander gives information
to the Marine intelligence officer as the defeated Japanese officer
stands to the back. (U.S. National Archives)
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