After the Pacific War, the Okinawa Prefectural Government's project to collect photographs of Okinawa during the time when it was still ruled by the United States has resumed for the first time in three years after the corona disaster. started.
On the 5th, four staff members of the Okinawa Prefectural Archives visited the National Archives of America near Washington, D.C., the capital.
In 2017, Okinawa Prefecture launched a project in the United States to collect photographs and videos of the Battle of Okinawa and the post-war period under U.S. rule. rice field.
For the first survey in about three years, we plan to collect about 1,200 photographs related to public health taken in Okinawa by the American side from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.
It is said that this includes photos of transporting relief supplies after the typhoon disaster and photos of vaccinations.
Yuriko Ono of the Okinawa Prefectural Archives, who conducted the survey, said, "This time, the photos were taken by the ruler, so I think there is an aspect of justifying the rule. When I compare it with the photos taken by the residents, There may be various differences in the content, and I think it will be possible to look at American governance from multiple angles."
The survey in the United States will continue until December 9, and after translating the explanations of the photos and making them into materials, they plan to publish them on the website of the Okinawa Prefectural Archives in March next year.