A Japanese prisoner of war digs a foxhole on Tarawa, 1943-1944

Personal or Official U.S. Signal Corps Photo, Gift of Jim Matney, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
Description: 

Japanese prisoners of war; one is digging a foxhole. "Jap prisoners dig fox holes on Tarawa." Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. 1943-1944

Image Information

Donor: 
Mr. Jim Matney
Accession Number: 
2002.545.036
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Theater of Service: 
Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)
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Campaign / Event: 
Tarawa (November 1943)
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Collection Level: 
Photographs (personal and Signal Corps) from the collection of Navy Corpsman Glen Matney, who served in the PTO in WWII.
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Prisoners of war--Japanese--Tarawa
Foxholes--Tarawa