Peter Harmsen
As 1937 slipped into 1938, Nanjing was a city living through catastrophe. Only weeks earlier, Japanese forces had captured the Chinese capital, unleashing what would become known as the Nanjing Massacre. Tens of thousands were killed. Homes were burned. Women lived in constant fear of abduction...
Peter Harmsen
In the fall and winter of 1937, the young American sailor Earl Jackson Clanton was in Shanghai on board the USS Augusta, which was keeping a vigil in the port while Chinese and Japanese troops were engulfed in vicious fighting over the fate of the city. Clanton completed a fascinating journal,...
Peter Harmsen
In the fall of 1937, the young American sailor Earl Jackson Clanton was in Shanghai on board the USS Augusta, which was keeping a vigil in the port while Chinese and Japanese troops were engulfed in vicious fighting over the fate of the city. Clanton completed a fascinating journal, providing a...