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Title: Unknown Donor
Caption: Collection photo # UA.23.01.01 - Japanese Nationals living on Anatahan Island being repatriated during "Operation Removal" in 1951
Description: Collection of three photographs, several newspaper articles and official US Navy memos on the repatriation of Japanese "holdouts" on Anatahan Island, part of "Operation Removal". Images include two of the Nationals in their living quarters, removal from the island by the US Navy, and Mrs. Kazuko Higa, the only woman on the island.
Accession #: UA 23
Catalog #: UA 23.01
Donor: Unknown
Copyright Owner: Naval History & Heritage Command
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  • World War II 1939-1945
Navy Communities
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