Emaciated Japanese prisoners of war wearing USMC uniforms get their first meals after capture near 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
Description:
Emaciated Japanese prisoners of war wearing USMC uniforms and large paper tags around their necks are served a much-needed meal. "Japanese POW"s get first G.I. food after capture near Talasea, New Britain." Talasea, New Britain. August 1944.
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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
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-5.333
Longitude:
150.017
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--Japanese--New Britain
Prisoners of war--Japanese--New Britain