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80-G-490492-A: Allied Prisoners of War, Formosa, 1945

80-G-490492-A: Allied Prisoners of War, Formosa, 1945. CP1 Gordon James Clark and Gunner R.A. Norman Hill, from England, are walking skeletons as they relaxed at last on the hangar deck of USS Block Island (CVE 106), which liberated them from Formosa. These men were captured at Singapore. Photograph released September 5, 1945. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/05/29). The original is a small photograph.
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Caption: Allied Prisoners of War, Formosa, 1945. CP1 Gordon James Clark and Gunner R.A. Norman Hill, from England, are walking skeletons as they relaxed at last on the hangar deck of USS Block Island (CVE 106), which liberated them from Formosa. These men were captured at Singapore. Photograph released September 5, 1945. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/05/29). The original is a small photograph.
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