LEPER COLONY, YAGACHI SHIMA, OKINAWA, RYUKYU ISLANDS Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 5027 111 SOURCE: AFCF (72-POA-3) ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 797' ea Silent 5027 LEPER COLONY Yagachi Shima, Okinawa Ryukyu Islands 2-18 July 1945 Seq: Japanese patients at Airakuean, a leper colony located on the island, feed brick kiln to make limeand charcoal. MSs, men extract charcoal from kiln. Ints of medical laboratory. A Japanese doctor examines slides thrumicroscope. Seq: Ints, Japanese doctor examines leper patients and indicates with his fingers the beginning of leprous sores. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities