Japanese prisoners sit inside a landing craft on a Pacific island, 1942-1945
Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph, Gift of Stacy Hutchinson, from the Collections of the National WWII Museum
Description:
American soldiers detain Japanese prisoners, some who are naked, on a landing craft near shore. Two of the Japanese men have tags around their necks. Soldier nearest camera is member of military police force. Pacific Islands, 1942-1945.
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1942
1945
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Collection of U.S. Official Coast Guard images.
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Pacific Islands
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Prisoners of war--Japanese--Pacific Islands
Military police--American--Pacific Islands
Landing craft--American--Pacific Islands