High Winds on Okinawa Even before the typhoon arrives, while the skies are still bright and blue, Okinawa, when in the path of a typhoon, can expect high winds. Here such a pre-typhoon wind gives a sample of what may come. U.S. Air Force men and women on Okinawa busily follow a prepared plan of battening themselves and their equipment down when they are warned a typhoon is approaching the island.

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Title:
High Winds on Okinawa Even before the typhoon arrives, while the skies are still bright and blue, Okinawa, when in the path of a typhoon, can expect high winds. Here such a pre-typhoon wind gives a sample of what may come. U.S. Air Force men and women on Okinawa busily follow a prepared plan of battening themselves and their equipment down when they are warned a typhoon is approaching the island.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Weather: Typhoons
Photographer:
United States. Air Force
Name on Item:
U. S. Air Force
Date:
[ca. August 1953]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Typhoons
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 209 x 255 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/4t64kp05d
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001587_0001
Barcode:
39999088103369