Prisoner of war experience

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Photograph. German POW recording news broadcast for later use in the camp newspaper. Official Caption: "A captured...
Slide. View looking down onto huts, shacks and tents created by German prisoners of war in Verona camp. “Verona P.O.W....
Slide. German prisoner of war camp in Verona, Italy; US watchtower in background. “Verona P.O.W. camp.” From box...
Slide. German prisoner of war mess hall including outdoor German bakery with ovens. “Ger. bakery co and P.O.W. mess,...
Photograph. A group of German POWs waiting in line. Europe. No date
Japanese prisoners of war; one is digging a foxhole. "Jap prisoners dig fox holes on Tarawa." Tarawa, Gilbert Islands....
Photograph. sweeps a deck alongside Coast Guardsmen on the deck of an LST. Official caption on reverse: "3205. From:...
Photograph. Allied prisoners of war cheering and waving the Union Jack as well as the flags of the United States and...
Photograph. Two Allied prisoners of war clinging to ship debris after the after the sinking of the SS Rakuyō Maru....
Photograph, aerial. Allied prisoners of war standing in a prison compound and waving at an airplane. Official caption...
Photograph, aerial. Allied prisoners of war standing on the roofs of barracks in a POW compound; "Candy / "Food / "Home...
Photograph. American servicemen and diplomats along with their families standing behind their luggage in a field....
Photograph. United States servicemen waiting on a beach after being captured by Japanese forces. Official caption on...
Photograph, aerial. American prisoners standing in the middle of a Japanese prisoner of war compound and waving at a...
Photograph. American prisoners of war cheering on their rescuers. Official caption on front: "Gaunt prisoners cheer...
Photograph. Captured German General Ulrich Kessler reading the American book "After the War--What?" aboard a U.S....
Photograph. Captured German trucks containing printing presses, radio equipment, and recording equipment parked in a...
Photograph. United States Army soldiers observing captured Nazi soldiers debark from a LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle,...
Photograph. American women and men working in the outdoor community kitchen in Santo Tomas Internment Camp. Official...
Photograph. United States servicemen guarding Deutsches Afrikakorps [German Africa Corps] prisoners of war lined up...
Photograph. Emaciated Allied prisoners of war preparing to leave after the liberation of their prison camp. Official...
Photograph. Military medic standing next to an extremely emaciated American prisoner of war who is lying in bed....
Photograph. American, female prisoner of war standing among the graves of Americans who died in Bilibid Prison....
Photograph. Three female, American prisoners of war washing their hair at an outdoor tub. Official caption on front: "...
Photograph. Former US prisoners of war are freed. Official caption on front: "MM-CLA-43-8045." Official caption on...
Photograph. German POW driver and Italian repatriates at a repatriation camp after the war's end. Official Caption: "A...
Photograph. Infantrymen of the 7th Infantry Regiment guarding a group of recently captured German prisoners of war; a...
Photograph. German prisoners of war being escorted from USS LST-351 by American soldiers. Official caption on front: "...
Photograph. Large line of captured German soldiers marching down a road on a hillside; snow covers the ground. Official...
Photograph. Recently captured German prisoners of war marching down a street, a civilian [left] and American serviceman...
Photograph. German POWs tearing down a German-built pillbox in a city street. Official Caption: "Rome, 7/21/45--Justice...
Photograph. German POWs, sitting in a movie theater in New York City, cover their faces while viewing footage of German...
Photograph. Crowd of German prisoners of war standing amongst stolen French wagons and carts; armed French soldiers are...
Slide. German prisoner of war holding reigns of two captured German horses. “Hans and Ger. cavalry horses, Verona.”...
Photograph. German prisoners of war standing between a wall and a wooden fence. Location unknown. No date
Photograph. German prisoners of war captured by Allied Forces walking on a dirt street. Location unknown. No date

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