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[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,…

[Louis E. Curdes oral history interview] (Item)

Fighter ace Louis E. Curdes is interviewed by historian Douglas E. Clanin about his military service with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Curdes describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot, including his time with the 82nd Fighter Group in the Mediterranean Theater and with the 3rd Air Commando Group in the Pacific Theater. He also touches on his postwar career with…

Betty Riley Stockard oral history interview (Item)

Born-digital video recording of an oral history with Betty Riley Stockard and interviewer Dan Hagedorn, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, March 19, 2014.

Joseph Polocz oral history interview (Item)

Born-digital video recording of an oral history with Joseph Polocz and interviewer Dan Hagedorn, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, March 17, 2017.

[Robert F. McMahon oral history interview (Part 6 of 9)] (Item)

In this nine-part oral history, fighter pilot Robert F. McMahon is interviewed about his military service with the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. In part six, he continues to describe his combat tour in the European Theater during 1944 and 1945. Topics discussed include his capture by German forces following a bail-out from his disabled aircraft, his time as a prisoner of war in…

[Harry C. Crim, Jr. oral history interview] (Item)

Fighter ace Harry C. Crim, Jr. discusses his military service with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot and his time with the 21st Fighter Group while stationed in Hawaii, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Iwo Jima. Special focus on a banzai attack on Iwo Jima in March 1945 and on a combat mission in April 1945 in which Crim…

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,…