Prisoner of war experience

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German prisoners of war
Photograph. A group of German prisoners of war sit and stand on a hill next to a fence. A large barracks is in the...
German prisoners of war set type for their camp newspaper
Photograph. Official Caption: "German prisoners of war set type for their camp news papers."”Location unknown. 1945
German prisoners of war standing outside bakery in Naples, Italy in 1944 or 1945
Slide. German prisoners of war standing outside bakery. “Ger. P.O.W.s at company bakery.” From box originally labeled...
German soldiers in railroad train cars awaiting transportation in Germany in 1945
German soldiers in railroad train cars awaiting transportation in Germany in 1945. "German soldaten on way home after...
Germans POWs aboard an American transport ship, Normandy, 1944
Photograph. German prisoners of war standing behind a rope and looking out on the deck of an American transport ship...
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington after his liberation from Omori Prison Camp, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (left) shaking hands with an unidentified American military officer....
Hospital wing in Bilibid Prison, Muntinlupa
Photograph. American prisoners of war sitting on or standing by rows of beds. Official caption on front: "Bilibid...
Italian prisoners being loaded onto a US landing craft off the coast of Gela, Sicily, 1943
Photograph. Italian prisoners of war wading through water to board the USS LCI(L)-221. Official caption on front: "...
Italian prisoners being marched out of Palermo, Sicily, 1943
Photograph. United States troops marching Italian prisoners of war out of Palermo. Official caption on front: "Italian...
Italian translators transcribing a BBC broadcast into German, Italy, 1945
Photograph. Italian translators transcribing an English radio broadcast for German prisoners of war (POWs); they are...
Japanese POWs being transported in a LCVP, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Photograph. American military police overseeing half-naked Japanese prisoners of war on a LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle...
Japanese POWs sitting on a beach surrounded by US servicemen
Photograph. A large group of Japanese POWs sitting on a beach surrounded by United States Army and Navy personnel. A...
Japanese prisoner of war being loaded aboard the USS Monrovia for medical care at Kwajalein on January 1944
Japanese prisoner of war being loaded aboard the USS Monrovia (AP-64) for medical care. "W-CPA-44-112-DZ. 1/44. Young....
Japanese prisoner of war being loaded aboard the USS Monrovia for medical care at Kwajalein on January 1944
Japanese prisoner of war being loaded aboard the USS Monrovia (AP-64) for medical care. 'W-CPA-44-112-DX. 1/44. Young....
Japanese prisoners enter prison, 1945
Photograph. Japanese prisoners of war entering POW camp gates, US servicemen nearby. PTO. 1945
Japanese prisoners of war arriving in San Francisco, California, 1945
Photograph. Japanese prisoners of war carrying their personal belongings down a gangway from the transport that brought...
Japanese prisoners of war lining up for roll call, Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. A single U.S. Army serviceman taking roll of a large group of Japanese prisoners. Official Caption: "Rome....
Japanese prisoners of war volunteering to aid Okinawans on Okinawa Island, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Japanese doctors and medical personnel, prisoners of war, boarding a landing craft bound for Okinawa Island...
Japanese prisoners of war, Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Crowd of Japanese prisoners of war stand behind a barbed wire fence, inside camp, on Okinawa; thatch-roofed...
Japanese prisoners, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. View of Japanese prisoners behind barbed wire fence. Personal caption on photo reverse: "1945 Japanese...
Liberated American POWs at Bilibid Prison Muntinlupa, 1945
Photograph. Five emaciated American prisoners of war standing in front of a building at Bilibid Prison. Official...
Liberated American prisoner of war eating in a hospital bed, 1945
Photograph. Liberated American prisoner of war eating a meal in a hospital bed while a nurse stands next to him....
Liberation celebration at Santo Tomas Internment Camp, Manila, 1945
Photograph. American internees of Santo Tomas Internment Camp displaying an American flag above a building entrance as...
Marines escorting Japanese prisoners of war in the Mariana Islands during World War II
Photograph. United States Marines escorting Japanese prisoners of war down beach towards a DUKW; several naval vessels...
Naked Japanese POWs guarded over by two American GIs, 1945
Photograph. Two US servicemen pose with naked, emaciated Japanese prisoners of war. PTO. 1945
Nazi colonel addressing German POWs near Metz, France, 1944
Photograph. German military officer addressing German prisoners of war in large courtyard; graves are in the foreground...
One American soldier stands among captured German trucks and POWs, Northern Italy, 1945
Photograph. One American soldier stands among captured German trucks and German prisoners of war. Official Caption: "...
POWs lined up
Photograph. Group of prisoners of war standing in a group with their arms up on a dirt road; a town is in the...
Recently liberated Allied POWs pack their possessions, Aomori, Japan, 28 August 1945
Photograph. Two emaciated Allied prisoners of war packing their possessions after being freed from a Japanese...
Several Japanese prisoners of war in the Mariana Islands during World War II
Photograph. United States Marine talking to a group of Japanese prisoners of war in a corral made of barbed wire....
Smiling British prisoner of war, Norway, May 1943
Photograph. Smiling British prisoner of war (POW). Translated German caption on photo reverse: "Captured Englishman....
The cruiser USS Omaha and the destroyer USS Jouett sink the Nazi blockade runner Rio Grande in the South Atlantic in January 1944
432. Photograph. 'File No: OOR-44853 February 22, 1944 U. S. gunfire sinks scuttled Nazi blockade runner-- Towering...
The POW Stockade at Iloilo Prison in the Philippines in August 1945
The POW Stockade at Iloilo Prison in the Philippines in August 1945. Two signs on entrance "Prison of Iloilo" and "POW...
U.S. PT boat crewmen with a German prisoner of war in probably Normandy, France, circa 1944
U.S. PT (Patrol Torpedo) boat crewmen posing for picture on deck with German prisoner of war (POW); one crewman...
US Army Lt. Gen. George Patton examining Italian prisoners of war in Gela, Sicily, 1943
Photograph. United States Army Lieutenant General George S. Patton looking down from a balcony at Italian prisoners of...
US Army soldiers leading Italian POWs out of Palermo, Sicily, 1943
Photograph. Two United States Army soldiers leading surrendered Italian prisoners of war down a paved street. Official...

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