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80-G-344565: Allied Prisoners of War, 1945

80-G-344565: Allied Prisoners of War, 1945. Commander Richard H. O’Kane, USN, who was skipper of USS Tang (SS-306) which was picked up and returned to Japan as a POW after Tang was sunk by being hit by one of her own torpedoes off Taiwan, October 24, 1944. O’Kane was sent to USS Ozark (LSV-2). Photograph release September 24, 1945. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/11/24).
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Caption: Allied Prisoners of War, 1945. Commander Richard H. O’Kane, USN, who was skipper of USS Tang (SS-306) which was picked up and returned to Japan as a POW after Tang was sunk by being hit by one of her own torpedoes off Taiwan, October 24, 1944. O’Kane was sent to USS Ozark (LSV-2). Photograph release September 24, 1945. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/11/24).
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