Photograph of an unidentified U.S. Army soldier posing with a young Japanese woman outside on a public green in an unidentified city in Japan around 1952 during the Korean War. The woman is believed to have been dating or seeing the Army soldier while he was staying in Japan. The soldier was a friend of Army soldier Charles G. Blevins of Mouth of Wilson, Virginia. Photograph taken while Blevins was on a furlough from service in Korea with an artillery unit [circa 1952].

From Charles G. Blevins Papers, KOR 19, Korean War Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.

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Owner: State Archives of North Carolina
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