Prisoner of war experience

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A captured German soldier operating former German Army equipment
Photograph. German POW recording news broadcast for later use in the camp newspaper. Official Caption: "A captured...
A German prisoner of war camp in Verona, Italy in 1944 or 1945
Slide. View looking down onto huts, shacks and tents created by German prisoners of war in Verona camp. “Verona P.O.W....
A German prisoner of war camp in Verona, Italy in 1944 or 1945
Slide. German prisoner of war camp in Verona, Italy; US watchtower in background. “Verona P.O.W. camp.” From box...
A German prisoner of war mess hall including an outdoor German bakery with ovens in Verona, Italy in 1944 or 1945
Slide. German prisoner of war mess hall including outdoor German bakery with ovens. “Ger. bakery co and P.O.W. mess,...
A group of German POWs line up
Photograph. A group of German POWs waiting in line. Europe. No date
A Japanese prisoner of war digs a foxhole on Tarawa, 1943-1944
Japanese prisoners of war; one is digging a foxhole. "Jap prisoners dig fox holes on Tarawa." Tarawa, Gilbert Islands....
A Japanese prisoner sweeps a deck alongside Coast Guardsmen, Cape Gloucester
Photograph. sweeps a deck alongside Coast Guardsmen on the deck of an LST. Official caption on reverse: "3205. From:...
Allied POWs celebrating their liberation, Aomori, 1945
Photograph. Allied prisoners of war cheering and waving the Union Jack as well as the flags of the United States and...
Allied POWs clinging to ship debris, Luzon Strait, 1944
Photograph. Two Allied prisoners of war clinging to ship debris after the after the sinking of the SS Rakuyō Maru....
Allied POWs waving at a plane, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Allied prisoners of war standing in a prison compound and waving at an airplane. Official caption...
Allied troops in a Japanese POW compound, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Allied prisoners of war standing on the roofs of barracks in a POW compound; "Candy / "Food / "Home...
American POWs arriving at Santo Tomas Internment Camp, Manila
Photograph. American servicemen and diplomats along with their families standing behind their luggage in a field....
American POWs waiting on a beach, Philippines
Photograph. United States servicemen waiting on a beach after being captured by Japanese forces. Official caption on...
American prisoners in a Japanese POW compound, Yokohama, 1945
Photograph, aerial. American prisoners standing in the middle of a Japanese prisoner of war compound and waving at a...
American prisoners of war cheering their rescuers, Yokohama, 1945
Photograph. American prisoners of war cheering on their rescuers. Official caption on front: "Gaunt prisoners cheer...
Captured German General Kessler reading American book, New Hampshire, May 1945
Photograph. Captured German General Ulrich Kessler reading the American book "After the War--What?" aboard a U.S....
Captured German trucks containing printing presses, radio equipment, and recording equipment, Italy, 1945
Photograph. Captured German trucks containing printing presses, radio equipment, and recording equipment parked in a...
Captured Nazi soldiers debarking an LCVP along the Rhine, Germany, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldiers observing captured Nazi soldiers debark from a LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle,...
Community kitchen in Santo Tomas Internment Camp, Manila
Photograph. American women and men working in the outdoor community kitchen in Santo Tomas Internment Camp. Official...
Deutsches Afrikakorps POWs, Sicily, 1943
Photograph. United States servicemen guarding Deutsches Afrikakorps [German Africa Corps] prisoners of war lined up...
Emaciated Allied prisoners of war preparing to leave their prison camp, 1945
Photograph. Emaciated Allied prisoners of war preparing to leave after the liberation of their prison camp. Official...
Emaciated American prisoner of war lying in bed, Aomori, 1945
Photograph. Military medic standing next to an extremely emaciated American prisoner of war who is lying in bed....
Female POW at teh graveyard in Bilibid Prison, Muntinlupa
Photograph. American, female prisoner of war standing among the graves of Americans who died in Bilibid Prison....
Female POWs washing their hair Santo Tomas Internment Camp, Manila, Philippines
Photograph. Three female, American prisoners of war washing their hair at an outdoor tub. Official caption on front: "...
Former US prisoners of war are freed, Italy, 1943
Photograph. Former US prisoners of war are freed. Official caption on front: "MM-CLA-43-8045." Official caption on...
German POW driver and Italian repatriates at a repatriation camp, Bolzano, Italy, 1945
Photograph. German POW driver and Italian repatriates at a repatriation camp after the war's end. Official Caption: "A...
German POWs being rounded up by the 7th Infantry Regiment, Salzburg, 1945
Photograph. Infantrymen of the 7th Infantry Regiment guarding a group of recently captured German prisoners of war; a...
German POWs debarking from LST-351, 1944
Photograph. German prisoners of war being escorted from USS LST-351 by American soldiers. Official caption on front: "...
German POWs marching down a hill near Auland, Austria, 2 May 1945
Photograph. Large line of captured German soldiers marching down a road on a hillside; snow covers the ground. Official...
German POWs marching through Munich, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Recently captured German prisoners of war marching down a street, a civilian [left] and American serviceman...
German POWs tearing down a German-built pillbox in St. Pazova, Yugoslavia (Serbia), 1945
Photograph. German POWs tearing down a German-built pillbox in a city street. Official Caption: "Rome, 7/21/45--Justice...
German POWs viewing footage of German war atrocities, New York City, July 1945
Photograph. German POWs, sitting in a movie theater in New York City, cover their faces while viewing footage of German...
German POWs with stolen French wagons and carts, Southern France, 1944
Photograph. Crowd of German prisoners of war standing amongst stolen French wagons and carts; armed French soldiers are...
German prisoner of war holding reigns of two captured German horses in Verona, Italy in 1944 or 1945
Slide. German prisoner of war holding reigns of two captured German horses. “Hans and Ger. cavalry horses, Verona.”...
German prisoners of war
Photograph. German prisoners of war standing between a wall and a wooden fence. Location unknown. No date
German prisoners of war
Photograph. German prisoners of war captured by Allied Forces walking on a dirt street. Location unknown. No date

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