Photograph of Japanese guards surrendering their swords to American officers at a prisoner-of-war camp, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Hqs. Tenth Air Force, China -- Japanese guards surrendering swords to American officers at a prison camp. The…
Photograph of recently liberated prisoners at the Shamshuipo internment camp, Kowloon, China, circa 1940s. Stamped on verso: "Passed for Publication. U.S. Army Press Censor. Emanuel Goldberg, [blank] Date. 61302. China Theater."
Oblique aerial photograph of a large group of prisoners at a prisoner-of-war camp, Gotha, Germany, April 25, 1945. Caption: "PW cage at Gotha. (US 30/LOC 6) 25 Apr. 45 (F/24)//67T/RGP 1435B."Stamped on verso: "Not for publication."
Photographic group portrait of U.S. Merchant Marines and U.S. Navy servicemen after their liberation from the Shamshuipo internment camp, Kowloon, China, circa 1940s. The men are identified in the caption on verso by rank, name, and home…
Photograph of a Russian dancer performing for a crowd of recently liberated Allied prisoners of war at an internment camp in Mukden (present day Shenyang), China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Hqs. Tenth Air Force, China--When a Tenth Air Force mercy…
Photograph of three Merchant Marines in a barracks building at the Shamshuipo internment camp shortly after the camp's liberation by American forces, Kowloon, China, circa 1940s. The caption on verso identifies the men as (from left to right) John R.…
Photograph of captured Japanese soldiers at the Shamshuipo internment camp following its liberation by American forces, Kowloon, China, circa 1940s. The caption on verso notes that the soldier on the left is the camp's former commandant.
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Prisoner-of-war diary written by Royal Air Force serviceman Lionel Cherry Gilmour, circa 1918. Describes the circumstances of his shoot-down over France on July 31, 1918 and documents his first few weeks as a POW in various German camps, including…
Photographic postcard of captured servicemen at a prisoner-of-war camp, Karlsruhe, Germany, circa 1918. The verso inscription identifies several of the men.Caption: "F. Albrecht Phot. Karlsruhe, 1918."Inscription on verso: "R. H. Gray (with beard)…
Photographic postcard of Royal Air Force serviceman J. H. Summers at a prisoner-of-war camp, Karlsruhe, Germany, circa 1918.Inscription: "J. H. Summers."Caption: "F. Albrecht Phot. Karlsruhe, 1918."Inscription on verso: "J. H. Summers M. C. Flight…