Prisoner of war experience

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US Marine guarding crowd of Okinawaese POWs, Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Armed United States Marine military policeman guarding a crowd of surrendered Japanese soldiers standing in...
US Marines transporting Japanese POWs off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Japanese prisoners of war being transported by United States Marines in an American landing craft. Official...
US Navy Commander Harold Stassen greeting liberated POWs, 1945
Photograph. United States Navy Commander Harold E. Stassen greeting freed Allied prisoners of war. Official caption on...
US Navy submarine rescuing Allied troops, Luzon Strait, 1944
Photograph. Crew of a United States Navy submarine assisting resucued Allied prisoners of war after the sinking of the...
US soldier shows off injuries received after escaping a POW camp, Italy, 1943
Photograph. US soldier shows off injuries received after escaping a POW camp. Official caption on front: "MM-5-102325...

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