Several emaciated Japanese prisoners of war stand in a line as two American soldiers look on at Talasea, New Britain in August 1944

U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
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Several emaciated Japanese prisoners of war wearing large paper tags around their necks stand in a line as two American soldiers look on. "Japanese prisoners captured when cut off from their main body, New Talasea, New Britain."Talasea, New Britain. August 1944.

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$120.00
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Date: 
1944-08-
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Items from the service of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, consisting of photographs of the 161st Signal Photographic Company Combat Unit #10 which served on Espiritu Santos, Guadalcanal, New Britain, New Guinea, Noemfor, Leyte, Samar and Luzon.
Geography: 
Talasea
Latitude: 
-5.333
Longitude: 
150.017
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--Japanese--New Britain
Prisoners of war--Japanese--New Britain