American prisoners in a Japanese POW compound, Yokohama, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph, aerial. American prisoners standing in the middle of a Japanese prisoner of war compound and waving at a plane overhead; "OK" is spelled out in the lawn behind them. Official caption on front: "American prisoners in Yokohama compound. US Navy Photo 138-9." Yokohama, Japan. 1945
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1945
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
Geography:
Yokohama
Latitude:
35.467
Longitude:
139.633
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Prisons--Allied--Japan
Prisoners of war--American--Japan
Aerial photographs--Japan