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80-G-490447 Surrender of Japan, 1945

Photo #: 80-G-490447 Surrender of Japan, 1945
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Title: Surrender of Japan, 1945
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Description: An Allied prisoner of war lies weakly on his cot, almost reduced to a bundle of bones by ill-treatment at the hands of the Japanese. Photographed upon the arrival of a U.S. Navy rescue team at the Omori prison camp, near Yokohama, Japan, 29-30 August 1945. Note attendant's Japanese-style cap with U.S. Navy Corpsman insignia. An inflatable life jacket is hanging on the wall, at top right. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-490447
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