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Two Japanese Firefighters Hand Suctioning Water for Firefighting

2018-193
Accession Number
2018-193
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348729151
Keywords
Fire fighters
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Description
Two Japanese firefighters are using hand suction equipment with a filter to pump water from the canal to fight fires. Japanese had built canals and reservoirs to collect water since during the war much of the water supply was disrupted with broken pipes. Both are unidentified. The exact location is unknown. From Basil Rice.
Date(s)
October 1945