Us Official Photographs
Rum And Coke On Ie Shima
1945-05-02
"Rum and Coke", a feline veteran of Saipan, and one of the mascots of the 364th Air Service Group, proves a playful paper weight as 1st Sgt. John Pavesick of McDonald, Ohio, types his morning report at an improvised desk in the shade of a tree on Ie Shima, Ryukyu Retto. Until tents could be erected, newly arrived Air Force men did even the Army's paperwork in the open air. 2 May 1945.
