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[Letter from Douglas Stewart, Associate Director, Bureau of Prisoners' Relief, to Mrs. Drew, October 30, 1918] (Item)

Letter from Douglas Stewart, Associate Director, Bureau of Prisoners' Relief, to Mrs. Drew, October 30, 1918. Explains that her son, Charles W. Drew, is a prisoner at St. Clements Hospital in Metz (part of Germany during the war, now France) and being supplied with food and necessities by the Red Cross. One typed page.

[Letter from Douglas Stewart, Associate Director, Bureau of Prisoners' Relief, to Mrs. Drew, November 1, 1918] (Item)

Letter from Douglas Stewart, Associate Director, Bureau of Prisoners' Relief, to Mrs. Drew, November 1, 1918. Explains that the Red Cross has received word from her son, Charles W. Drew, explaining that he was wounded in action and taken prisoner, and that he asked her to be notified. One typed page.

[Former prisoners of war standing in front of map] (Item)

Photograph of three former prisoners of war standing in front of a map during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, War Ministry Building, Tokyo, Japan, January 20, 1947. The individuals are (from left to right) John A. McDougall, Master Sergeant Jesse L. Stewart, and Technical Sergeant Douglas W. Bogue. Caption on verso: "FEC-47-70374. 20 Jan 47. Former POW's observe 1942 Japanese…

[Merchant Marines and Navy servicemen after their liberation from Shamshuipo internment camp] (Item)

Photographic group portrait of U.S. Merchant Marines and U.S. Navy servicemen after their liberation from the Shamshuipo internment camp, Kunming Air Base, China, circa 1940s. The tail of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft (tail number 315854) is visible behind them. Typed on verso: "Hqs. Tenth Air Force, China Theater--Merchant Marine and Navy men recently liberated from Shamshuipo camp, Kowloon,…

[Album One from Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums] (Item)

Album One from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums, circa 1914-1919. The album contains 73 black-and-white photographs of various scenes in Europe during and just after World War I. Images feature group and individual shots of American servicemen and a few women staff and/or spouses, including the Air Service's 4th Corps Headquarters at Sinzig, the 12th Aero Squadron at…

Italians march to prison camp (Item)

Photograph of captured Italian soldiers marching from Vizzini, Italy to a prison-of-war camp, circa 1943. An Allied soldier (far right) guards the group.Typed caption glued to verso: "Italians march to prison camp. Six hundred Italian soldiers found hiding in Vizzini, Sicily, when the British captured the town, march to prison camps under the guard of the solitary Allied soldier shown at the…

First prisoners in Sicily (Item)

Photograph of Royal Navy servicemen guarding Italian prisoners of war on a beachhead in Sicily, Italy, July 10, 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "First prisoners in Sicily. British naval commandos, one of whom is armed with a sub-machine gun, guard a group of some of the first prisoners captured in Sicily. The Italian soldiers march in order along the water's edge to board waiting Allied ships.…

[Japanese prisoners of war on USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of Japanese prisoners of war on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. U.S. Navy servicemen are standing in the background.Caption on album page: "Jap prisoners aboard Essex. The [sic] were crew of a Jap picket boat sunk by one of our destroyers off Honshu area."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II,…

[Italian prisoners of war in destroyed village] (Item)

Photograph of Italian prisoners of war in a destroyed village, circa 1914-1919.Inscription on album page: "Italian prisoners."Part of Album Three from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums, circa 1914-1919.

[Large group of Italian prisoners of war] (Item)

Photograph of a large group of Italian prisoners of war, circa 1914-1919.Inscription on album page: "Italian prisoners."Part of Album Three from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums, circa 1914-1919.