Okinawa, 28 May 1945

The caption on this photograph reads “Indifferent-Completely ignoring the fact that his camp is half submerged by heavy Okinawa rains, Marine Staff Sergeant A.S. Barnacle, of Minneapolis, Minn., stands knee deep in water to shave at his “Rube Goldberg” washstand.”

From the Photograph Collection (COLL/3948), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections