Description
Group portrait of prisoners of war (POWs) from Zentsuji Camp at Shikoku, Osaka, Japan. Identified, left to right: Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Kenneth A Le Barts, United States (US) Army Air Corps (USAAC); 2nd Lt Daniel L Blass, US Army; First Lieutenant (1st Lt) Melvin G Moore, US Coastal Artillery (US Cosatal Art); 2nd Lt Roscoe H Sellers, US Army, Infantry (Inf); 2nd Lt John R Nosed, USAAC; and 2nd Lt A F Crosby, 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
P04017.029
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Credit Line
Donor H McCallum
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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