Description
Group portrait of prisoners of war (POWs) from Zentsuji Camp at Shikoku, Osaka, Japan. Identified, left to right: First Lieutenant (1st Lt) J P Powell, United States (US) Army, Infantry (Inf); Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Sheldon H Mendelson, US Army Air Corps (USAAC); 2nd Lt Frank H Hart, US Army; 2nd Lt Luther C Sherrry, US Inf; 1st Lt Robert W Geis, US Army, Artillery (Art); and Major Eugene E Laird, US Army, Inf. 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
P04017.027
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Credit Line
Donor H McCallum
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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