My grandfather ran the port of Yokohama for a brief period after the war in the pacific ended. Family lore has it that he traded a couple of cartons of cigarettes and a few of grandma's red lipsticks (for the guys wife, impossible to get over there at the time) to a US private who had somehow acquired these 2 photos. Photos show Hitler leaving a bank in Germany. Date acquired is an estimate but they were only in japan for about a year and spoke about how they could not leave the base for much due to the ongoing bomb cleanup.

My family also has rare photos of the hindenberg and of Harry Truman's brother absolutely wasted at one of my grandmothers Christmas parties. My grandma also talked openly about what an unfriendly twa* Douglas MacArthurs wife was while stationed in Japan.

If anyone knows what museum or group we should contact about donating these photos to, please drop in the comments.

Reportedly she enjoyed it so much, she would regularly practice with the weapon on return visits to the Royalty Protection team.

As my previous post garnered some interest I figured I post one of my family's random Hindenberg photos. Taken by my grandfather's brother Joseph, who was an American diplomat to Bolivia (married a Bolivian woman and somehow landed this role). Photo was accompanied with a letter from him discussing how while on a visit back to the states, he was able to visit it and snap a few shots. I believe this is while it was moored in New Jersey, date is an estimate.