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Title: Rector of Tokyo university chapel.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: RECTOR OF TOKYO UNIVERSITY CHAPEL 1424 TOKYO -- Chaplain Takaharu Takamatsu, rector of All Saints Chapel of St. Paul’s University here, was removed from his post during the war, but he conducted Bible classes in his own home. The chapel was desecrated and used as a storehouse for the Japanese Army. He is surrounded by students who now attend his daily chapel services. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-A-E-D-O)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Rikkyō Daigaku--Chaplains., Rikkyō Daigaku., Rikkyō Daigaku--Students.
Topical Subject(s): Universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., Christian universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo., College chaplains--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Ikebukuro (Tokyo, Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Ikebukuro
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1424; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1424
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357281

Title: Ruins fail to halt Tokyo services.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: RUINS FAIL TO HALT TOKYO SERVIES #1425 TOKYO -- With a warm sun a symbol of the light from above, members of the congregation of Episcopal Holy Trinity Church here leave the battered ruin after regular Sunday service. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-A-E-D-O)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Tokyo, Japan), Nihon Seikōkai--Buildings.
Topical Subject(s): Church attendance--Japan--Tokyo., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Aoyama (Tokyo, Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1425; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1425
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357282

Title: Japanese convent razed.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: JAPANESE CONVENT RAZED #1512 SENDAI, Japan -- Levelled to the ground in a fire raid, only the snow-covered foundations remain of the Dominican Convent of Holy Mary of the Angels. The adjoining orphanage, however, was untouched. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Convents--Japan--Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), Orphanages--Japan--Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), Church work with orphans--Catholic Church., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), Dominican sisters--Japan--Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken)
Geographic subjects: Japan, Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), Japan, Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), Japan, Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), Japan, Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), Japan, Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken, Japan), Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken, Japan), Asia--Japan--Miyagi--Sendai
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1512; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1512
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357326

Title: She smiles in hope for the future.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: SHE SMILES IN HOPE FOR THE FUTURE #1513 SENDAI, Japan -- Happy confidence and eagerness are reflected in the faces of these two Japanese orphans being cared for at the Dominican orphanage here. Getting proper rations, milk and nutritious foods for these youngsters is one of the hardest problems in Japan. The children are wards of the Japanese State. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Orphans--Japan--Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), Orphanages--Japan--Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), World War, 1939-1945--Japan., Church work with orphans--Catholic Church., Dominican sisters--Japan--Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken)
Geographic subjects: Japan, Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), Japan, Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), Japan., Japan, Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken, Japan), Asia--Japan--Miyagi--Sendai
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1513; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1513
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357327

Title: Correspondent and priest.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CORRESPONDENT AND PRIEST #1585 TOKYO -- Religious News Service correspondent Richard T. Baker and Father Francis Shimura are shown in front of the ruined Roman Catholic convent of St. Maur here. Father Shimura, head of the general affairs section of the National Catholic Council, also is active in cooperation movements with Buddhists, Protestants and Shintoists. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-C)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981., Religious News Service., Catholic Church--Clergy., Shimura, Francis.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Japan--Tokyo., Convents--Japan--Tokyo., Ecumenical movement--Japan., Journalists--Japan--Tokyo., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Japan., Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Tokyo (Japan), Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1585; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1585
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357361

Title: Tidying up the ruins.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: TIDYING UP THE RUINS #1586 YOKOHAMA -- The neat brick walls in the foreground are the tidied-up remains of what was once the college department of Baptist Mabie College. Administration headquarters in background is the only building standing after 500-bomb raid in May, 1945. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-B)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kantō Gakuin Daigaku., Kantō Gakuin Daigaku--Buildings.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Baptist universities and colleges--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Universities and colleges--Japan--Yokohama-shi.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Yokohama-shi (Japan), Yokohama-shi (Japan), Asia--Japan--Kanagawa Prefecture--Yokohama
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1586; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1586
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357362

Title: Nothing left but the walls.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: NOTHING LEFT BUT THE WALLS #1588 YOKOHAMA -- The walls of the administration building of Mabie College, Baptist school here, are still standing, but the building is entirely burnt out inside. All the other buildings were destroyed. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-B)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kantō Gakuin Daigaku., Kantō Gakuin Daigaku--Buildings.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Baptist universities and colleges--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Universities and colleges--Japan--Yokohama-shi.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Yokohama-shi (Japan), Yokohama-shi (Japan), Asia--Japan--Kanagawa Prefecture--Yokohama
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1588; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1588
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357363

Title: Surveying the ruins.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: SURVEYING THE RUINS #1589 YOKOHAMA -- The Rev. Nobuo Tokita, Baptist pastor, and Pfc Gale Orr, assistant to a U.S. Army chaplain, inspect the ruins of what once was the Kasumigaoka Baptist Church, house of worship here for Mabie College. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-B)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kantō Gakuin Daigaku., Kantō Gakuin Daigaku--Buildings., Tokita, Nobuo., Southern Baptist Convention--Clergy., Orr, Gale., United States. Army. Chaplain Corps.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Clergy--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Soldiers--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Baptist universities and colleges--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Universities and colleges--Japan--Yokohama-shi.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Yokohama-shi (Japan), Yokohama-shi (Japan), Asia--Japan--Kanagawa Prefecture--Yokohama
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1589; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1589
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357364

Title: Lunch on a rooftop.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: LUNCH ON A ROOFTOP #1590 YOKOHAMA -- These two Japanese girls are eating their lunch atop the one remaining building on the campus of Mabie College, Baptist institution here which was heavily damaged during the war. Because their entire school at Soshin, across the town, also was destroyed, the girls are now attending classes at Mabie. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-B)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kantō Gakuin Daigaku.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Baptist universities and colleges--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Universities and colleges--Japan--Yokohama-shi., School children--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Schoolgirls--Japan--Yokohama-shi.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Yokohama-shi (Japan), Asia--Japan--Kanagawa Prefecture--Yokohama
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1590; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1590
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357365

Title: Japanese choir members.
Description: Text transcribed from caption on reverse: WPA-45-64013 Part of the mixed choir of Japanese girls who sang with GI’s in Christmas Day program at Radio Tokyo. Eiko Kuwabara, Micky Vemura, Sueko, Hirahara. Photographer-Von Stroheim
Date Created: 1945, December 25, 1945, December 25, 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Rajio Tōkyō., Kuwabara, Eiko., Vemura, Micky., Hirahara, Sueko.
Topical Subject(s): Singers--Japan--Tokyo., Women singers--Japan--Tokyo., Choirs (Music)--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Tokyo (Japan), Japan, Allied occupation, 1945-1952., Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-1549; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_S-1549
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357454

Title: New Catholic church to rise on Hiroshima's ruins.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH TO RISE ON HIROSHIMA’S RUINS #1727 HIROSHIMA, Japan -- Devastation such as this at the Roman Catholic missionaries’ residence followed the dropping of the atom bomb which levelled all buildings on the grounds. A new church will be built here, however, in commemoration of the 200,000 natives of the city who died in the disaster. Father Hugo Lassalle, S.J., was in the building which stood here when the bomb dropped, but escaped with serious cuts and bruises. He has erected a hut (right) where he lives and holds services. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-2-B-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Buildings., Catholic Church--Missions--Japan--Hiroshima-shi., Enomiya-Lassalle, Hugo M. (Hugo Makibi), 1898-1990., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Hiroshima-shi., Atomic bomb--Blast effect., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Hiroshima-shi.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Hiroshima-shi., Japan, Hiroshima-shi., Hiroshima-shi (Japan), Hiroshima-shi (Japan), Asia--Japan--Hiroshima--Hiroshima
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1727; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1727
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357444

Title: But the cross still towers above.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: BUT THE CROSS STILL TOWERS ABOVE #1728 NAGASAKI, Japan -- Although the Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart here is but a barren space surrounded by four walls, the cross atop its steeple still towers over the ruins of the adjacent city, a symbol of the Material losses suffered and the hope of everlasting life. Ten thousand Catholics perished in the neighborhood of this church when the atom bomb fell. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-2-B-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Buildings., Church Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus (Nagasaki-shi, Japan)
Topical Subject(s): Church buildings--Japan--Nagasaki-shi., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Nagasaki-shi., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Nagasaki-shi., Atomic bomb--Blast effect., Civilian war casualties--Japan--Nagasaki-shi., World War, 1939-1945--Casualties.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Nagasaki-shi., Japan, Nagasaki-shi., Japan, Nagasaki-shi., Japan, Nagasaki-shi., Nagasaki-shi (Japan), Nagasaki-shi (Japan), Asia--Japan--Nagasaki--Nagasaki
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1728; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1728
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357445

Title: A rock of strength.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: A ROCK OF STRENGTH #1726 SASEBO, Japan -- Towering over this busy seaport of western Japan is the Roman Catholic church, undamaged by the war and a beacon to the crowds ever passing below it. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-2-B-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Buildings., Miuracho Catholic Church (Sasebo-shi, Japan)
Topical Subject(s): Church buildings--Japan--Sasebo-shi., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Sasebo-shi.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Sasebo-shi., Japan, Sasebo-shi., Sasebo-shi (Japan), Sasebo-shi (Japan), Asia--Japan--Nagasaki--Sasebo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1726; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1726
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357443

Title: The pastor entertains an Okinawa family.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #426 THE PASTOR ENTERTAINS AN OKINAWA FAMILY Navy Chaplain William Larsen, former pastor of the Bethany Danish Lutheran Church of Roxbury, Mass., visits with Okinawa natives. Chaplain Larsen, whose home is in Boston, has been serving with a Marine regiment on Okinawa, since the beginning of the campaign. Credit Line Should Read: U.S. Marine Corps Photo from RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Marine Corps., William, Larsen., Bethany Danish Lutheran Church (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.), American Lutheran Church (1930-1960)--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains., Military chaplains--Japan--Okinawa-ken., Christians--Japan--Okinawa-ken.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Okinawa-ken., Japan, Okinawa-ken., Okinawa-ken (Japan), Asia--Japan--Okinawa Prefecture
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 426; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_426
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357562

Title: Christian teachers on Okinawa.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #44 CHRISTIAN TEACHERS ON OKINAWA A group of high school teachers, all Christians who teach in the schools established at Shimmabuke, Okinawa [sic. Shimabuku, Okinawa], where Shosei Kina acts as the superintendent. He is one of the original converts to Christianity as a result of a brief visit to the island by a visiting Methodist missionary enroute to Japan. Before his departure, the missionary presented to Shosei a Bible in the Japanese language. This Bible is still being used by him in spreading the Gospel to his followers. Credit Line Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator Name(s): Hall, Clarence W. (Clarence Wilbur), 1902-1985. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kina, Shosei.
Topical Subject(s): Women teachers--Japan--Okinawa-ken., Teachers--Japan--Okinawa-ken., Christian educators--Japan--Okinawa-ken.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Okinawa-ken., Japan, Okinawa-ken., Japan, Okinawa-ken., Okinawa-ken (Japan), Asia--Japan--Okinawa Prefecture--Shimabuku
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 44; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_44
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357572

Title: Marine chaplain holds Bible class in Japanese waters.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #537 MARINE CHAPLAIN HOLDS BIBLE CLASS IN JAPANESE WATERS Navy Lieutenant Bernard H. Boyd, former professor of Bible Literature at Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.C., holds a Bible class with Marines aboard a transport in Tokyo harbor. Chaplain Boyd wears the Purple Heart for wounds received in the Okinawa campaign. Credit Line Should Read: U.S. Maine Corps Photo from RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator Name(s): United States. Marine Corps (publisher)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Boyd, Bernard H., Presbyterian College (Clinton, S.C.)--Faculty., United States. Navy., United States. Marine Corps.
Topical Subject(s): Navies--Officers., Military chaplains--Japan--Tokyo Bay., Bible--Study and teaching--Japan--Tokyo Bay., Marines--Religious life--Japan--Tokyo Bay., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Tokyo Bay., Japan, Tokyo Bay., Japan, Tokyo Bay., Tokyo Bay (Japan), Asia--Japan
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 537; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_537
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357605

Title: Christian Community of Okinawa.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #43 CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OF OKINAWA Chaplain Roy N. Hillyer, senior chaplain of the Tenth Army on Okinawa (seated at center of table) with leaders of the Christian community at Shimmabuke, Okinawa [sic. Shimabuku, Okinawa]. The two men at the right of the table were originally converted by a Methodist missionary who spent a short time on the island, thirty years ago, while enroute to Japan. They are Mojon and Shosei Kina, brothers. Seated at the left is Corporal Tom Higa, a native of Shimmabuke [sic. Shimabuku], who had gone to school in Honolulu, and there enlisted in the U.S. Army. Shosei is superintendent of the school system. Both he and his brother have been preaching the Gospel from the Bible in the Japanese language left with them by the missionary, thirty years ago. Credit Line Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator Name(s): Hall, Clarence W. (Clarence Wilbur), 1902-1985. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Hillyer, Roy N., United States. Army. Armored Division, 10th., Kina, Mojon., Kina, Shosei., Higa, Tarō, 1916-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Methodist converts--Japan--Okinawa-ken., School superintendents--Japan--Okinawa-ken., Military chaplains--Japan--Okinawa-ken., Christian leadership--Japan--Okinawa-ken., Christian educators--Japan--Okinawa-ken., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Okinawa-ken., Japan, Okinawa-ken., Japan, Okinawa-ken., Japan, Okinawa-ken., Japan, Okinawa-ken., Okinawa-ken (Japan), Asia--Japan--Okinawa Prefecture--Shimabuku
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 43; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_43
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357566

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