Description
Group portrait of prisoners of war (POWs) from Zentsuji Camp at Shikoku, Osaka, Japan. Identified, left to right: Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Benjamin R Morin, United States (US) Army, Tanks; Captain (Capt) Kenneth L Boggs, US Coastal Artillery Anti-Aircraft (US Coastal Arty AA); Capt Joseph D Kwiatkowske, US Coastal Arty AA; First Lieutenant (1st Lt) Augustine S Apra, US Coastal Arty; 1st Lt Alvin O Oyen, US Coastal Arty AA; and 1st Lt Ralph O Hill, US Coastal Arty. Most of the men in the camp were Allied officers captured in the early battles of 1942. The camp was a 'show camp' used by the Japanese for propaganda purposes, but after 1942 conditions worsened.
Details
Accession Number
P04017.021
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Credit Line
Donor H McCallum
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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