P04017.033 Accession Number: P04017.033

Description

Group portrait of prisoners of war (POWs) from Zentsuji Camp at Shikoku, Osaka, Japan. Identified, left to right: Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Victor W Witman, United States (US) Army, Engineers; First Lieutenant (1st Lt) Robert C Robbins, US Army, Engineers; Lt James L Leggett, US Army Air Corps (USAAC), Eng; 1st Lt Robert D Montgomery, US Army, Eng; Captain Timothy E Robinson, US Army, Engineers; and Major Clarence Bidgood, US Army. 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
P04017.033
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
c July 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor H McCallum
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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