0893-W2M-05/2016
James
P.
Washington
[893-2] - Jim with Margie White, Vivian, Louisiana, 1943.
[893-3] - Jim at Nadzab, New Guinea with 5th Fighter Command, 1944.
[893-4] - Jim (left) with Raymond Rawlingson, Luzon, Early 1944.
[893-5] - Jim with barrel containing DDT and soap, Owi Island, 1944
[893-6] - Jim inside the Chapel on Clark Field
[893-7] - Jim with monkey in Fukuoko, Japan
[893-8] - Chapel on Clark Field built by the Filipinos in two days, 1944
[893-9] - Japanese Betty Bomber arriving on the island of Owi. Japanese officials transferred to American C-54s here and flew to Manila for surrender preparations, August 20, 1945. "It was a feeling of tension as the Jap plane came in for thelanding. The sky was filled with our fighter planes who watched like eagles for any false move." - James Washington.
[893-10] - C-54 arriving Owi Island to pick up Japanese officials, August 20, 1945.
[893-11] - Japanese Betty Bomber arriving on Owi Island to transfer Japanese officials to American C-54s for transport to Manila.
[893-12] - Japanese Betty Bomber arriving on the island of Owi, August 20, 1945.
[893-13] - Jim in front of his tent at Leyte.
[893-14] - Jim just returning from evening chaw at Clark Field in the Philippines
[893-15] - New Guinea 5th Fighter Command Medical Staff, Jim, back row, 2nd from right, 1944. Left to right: Cpl Biagetti, Sgt. Stine, Pvt. Ballichek, Pvt. Stewart, Sgt. Springmeyer, Capt Bosse, Major Hall, Capt Evans, Lt. Sloop, Sgt. Gruver, Sgt. Ahern, Sgt. Kennedy, Cpl. Sommers, Cpl. Washingto, Pvt. Wilson.
[893-16] - Miss New Guinea, 1944
[893-17] - Filipino woman on Leyte who went hunting for Japanese soldiers every evening.
[893-18] - Natives in New Guinea, 1944
[893-19] - Filipino girls and boys getting ready for one of their native dances.
[893-20] - Filipino girls and boys performing a native dance. 1944
[893-21] - New Guinea countryside, 1944
[893-22] - American aircraft carrier offshore Okinawa, August 1945.
[893-23] - Living area near Clark Field on Luzon
[893-24] - B-24 at Mindoro P. I. after a direct hit from a Japanese 90mm.
[893-25] - Jim on the beach in Okinawa
[893-26] - Jim in Vivian, Louisiana after being discharged from the Army.
[893-27] - "Shadow of C-54 falls upon Sons of the (setting) Sun on arrival at Ie Shima, 20 August, 1945, enroute to Manilla."
[893-28] - "Lt. Gen Kawabe (at right), Vice-Chief of Staff of Imperial General Staff, leads Japanese peace party of 16 officials."
[893-29] - Philippine Liberty News. Manilla, Tuesday May 1, 1945.
[893-30] - 5th Fighter Command Newspaper, 20 August 1945
[893-31] - Enlisted Record and Report of Separation
[893-32] - Honorable Discharge Certificate
[893-33] - Immunization Register
[893-34] - James P. Washington, 1989
[893-35] - Betty Milner Washington, 2003
[893-36] - Jim Washington, Cpl, January 1944, California
[893-37] - Jim (left) with Raymond Rawlingson from Dallas, Texas. Samuel Gramaldi, from Main, is in back brushing his teeth. Luzon, May 1, 1945
[893-38] - Jim, on Leyte, checking his carbine.
[893-39] - Jim (left) with Raymond Rawlingson, in front of the Emporer's Palace in Luzon, August 1945
[893-40] - Jim Washington (right) on Leyte with Filipino ladies.
[893-41] - Boseudo Miniano, a Filipino boy who cleaned the area. Taken January 8, 1945 in Burauen (?) Leyte, P. I., San Agustin.
[893-42] - Notes on back of image 893-41
[893-43] - American ships off the beach of Okinawa during the Battle of Okinawa, 1945.
[893-44] - American fuel storage dump burning in New Guinea - bombed by Japanese planes.
[893-45] - Jim and Jennie Lyle Washington.
[893-46] - James P. Washington (back left), Jim Feldman - grandson (back right), Paula Washington Feldman - daughter (middle left), Kasey Feldman Thomason - granddaughter (middle right), Jennie Feldman Thomason - great-granddaughter (front)