"Japanese delegates transferring to US C-54 for trip on to Manila - No steps were available for C-54's on Ie Shima. Not a deliberate insult! From "Darkroom Soldier": "Awkward Climb to Peace. The airstrip at Ie Shima was not equipped to accommodate…
Written on envelope: "Oblique view over barbed wire fence - of one of the Jap Betty's. Mechanic standing on chair to reach engine nacelle - Aug 19 & 20 1945"