Okinawa;Japan

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Red Podzolic soil from cherty limestone and clay slate in a cut along the road from Nago to Izumi, Motobu peninsula. This is on a hilly slope about 2 miles northwest of a small village, probably Yamanuwabara, and about 3 1/2 miles northwest of Nago. The auger is 42 inches long."

Profile of Red Podzolic soil from cherty limestone and clay slate from a roadcut in the Motobu peninsula. The augur pictured is 42 inches long. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Another shot of profile shown in H100."

Profile of Red Podzolic soil from marine sediments about half a mile east of Kawata, across the island to the southeast from Shana Wan. The cut is along an abandoned logging road. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Another shot of profile shown in H60."

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Red Podzolic soil from marine sediments in terraces about ½ mile east of Kawata and ¼ mile inland, across the island to the southeast from Shana Wan. This is in a cut along an old Japanese logging road, now abandoned. The soil is largely dry. Spade is 42 inches long."

Profile of Yellow Podzolic soil from cherty limestone in a roadcut near Toguchi, Okinawa. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Second shot of profile shown in H98."

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Yellow Podzolic soil from cherty limestone, the yellow extreme in the association, in a roadcut at the east edge of a small basin about 2 miles northeast of Toguchi."

Quonset hut chapel of the Ryukyus Command (RYKOM). Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The quonset hut chapel at Rykom as seen from the grounds of the Ryukyus Guest House, Okinawa."

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Tea bushes, about 20 inches tall, in a field of a few acres on the upland ridges (Red and Yellow Podzolic soils from marine sediments) of the isthmus one-half mile southwest of and about 100 feet above Ishakawa."

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Disabled American tank, "Abe's Irish Rose", bogged down in Awase clay, north of Yonabaru and about ½ mile west of junction of Roads 13 and 38. Distant uplands are largely in grass with some tilled patches."

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Sleeping quarters and part of the grounds of the Ryukyus Guest House, Okinawa. Most of the quonsets are sleeping rooms, but those to right include kitchen, dining room, and lounge."