US Marine guarding crowd of Okinawaese POWs, Okinawa, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph. Armed United States Marine military policeman guarding a crowd of surrendered Japanese soldiers standing in a barbed wire pen. Official caption on front: "These Japs surrendered to 6th Division. Marine Corps Photo 16-11." Okinawa, Japan. 1945
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1945-04-
1945-06-
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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:
Okinawa-jima
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Marines (Military personnel)--Okinawa
Prisoners of war--Japanese--Okinawa
Surrenders--Japanese--Okinawa
Prisoners of war--Japanese--Okinawa
Surrenders--Japanese--Okinawa
Barbed wire--Okinawa