US Marines on Duty in Japanese-Occupied Peking – 1937

Japan invaded Peking in July 1937 but around 1,300 American citizens were left in Northern China. Most, without homes in Peking itself stayed in tents and temporary accommodation in the American Legation compound. The Compound, adjacent to what is now Tiananmen Square at the western end of the Legation Quarter, was protected by patrolling Marines in late July 1937….