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80-G-473731 Surrender of Japan, 1945

Photo #: 80-G-473731 Surrender of Japan, 1945
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Title: Surrender of Japan, 1945
Description: Four Greek sailors, held prisoner in Japan since 1941, celebrate receipt of food dropped by U.S. planes, circa 29-30 August 1945. They are in their former prison in a Franciscan convent in Saitama prefecture, about thirty miles north of Tokyo. Man in center is holding a package of dehydrated green pea soup. Photographed by Lieutenant Wayne Miller, USNR Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-473731
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