Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Japanese American soldiers at Fort Snelling, VJ Day, 1945.

The end of the war in 1945 brought smiles to the faces of these students at the Military Intelligence Service Language School at Fort Snelling. They celebrated by gathering around a piano.

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1945
Identifer: location E448.17 r14

Japanese American soldiers at Fort Snelling, VJ Day, 1945.