Title
Counting Their Money
Description
A black and white photograph showing two American sailors, Photographers Mates Richard "Bill" Phillips (left) and Lorendo "Andy" Cumbie (right) counting their money while touring in Tokyo. The photo is from an album containing 53 photographs taken by Warren Tucker and his friends during the USS Yorktown (CV-10) crew liberty in Tokyo, Japan in September of 1945.
The caption accompanying the photo reads "Two Photo-Mates trying to figure out how much Yen (Japanese money) they have. What does the sign say? I'm wondering too!!!!!!"
The caption accompanying the photo reads "Two Photo-Mates trying to figure out how much Yen (Japanese money) they have. What does the sign say? I'm wondering too!!!!!!"
Collection
Warren Tucker Collection
Context
Warren "Bill" Tucker was a Photographers Mate in the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) during World War II.
Transferred aboard the USS Yorktown in 1944 with no photography experience, Seaman Tucker was assigned to the photo lab and found he had a talent for the work. Tucker received his promotion to Photographers Mate 3/c in 1945 with most of his work documenting the final days of World War II and the beginnings of Occupied Japan.
From the Collection of Warren Tucker.
Transferred aboard the USS Yorktown in 1944 with no photography experience, Seaman Tucker was assigned to the photo lab and found he had a talent for the work. Tucker received his promotion to Photographers Mate 3/c in 1945 with most of his work documenting the final days of World War II and the beginnings of Occupied Japan.
From the Collection of Warren Tucker.
Accession #
2024.3
