P04017.035 Accession Number: P04017.035

Description

Group portrait of prisoners of war (POWs) from Zentsuji Camp at Shikoku, Osaka, Japan. Identified, left to right: First Lieutenant (1st Lt) Noren V Anderson, United States (US) Army, Engineers; Captain (Capt) Ralph W Hansen, US Army, Infantry (Inf); Capt Frank Gensberg, US Army, Artillery; Capt Bert H Backstrom, US Army, Coastal Artillery; Capt George C Manneschmidt, US Army, Inf; and 1st Lt Delbert P Hesler, US Army, Ordinance. 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
P04017.035
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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