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Overhead photo of soldiers with coffee and cookies socializing on the opening night of the Red Cross Club at the Naval Operating Base at Buckner Bay (Nakagusuku Bay), Okanawa, Japan, on Christmas Eve 1945. Jean Heath is the Red Cross worker seen at center carrying empty coffee mugs.

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Title
Opening of Red Cross Club in Japan
Contributor
White, Ruth Matthews, Curator
Date
1945-12-24
Date (Text)
1945-12-24
Object ID
WV0089.6.001
Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945
American Red Cross
Topics
Women's History
Schools and Colleges
UNCG
Alumni
Military
Geographic Coverage
Okinawa Island (Japan)|Okinawa Island (Japan)
Contributing Institution
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Service Branch
Red Cross
Conflict / Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Type
Image
Format
photographs
Language
English
Archive
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries; Ruth Matthews White Collection
Standard Rights Statement
(http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/) IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
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Digital History Collections > University of North Carolina at Greensboro > Women Veterans Historical Project Collections > Ruth Matthews White Collection
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