Description
Group portrait of prisoners of war (POWs) from Zentsuji Camp at Shikoku, Osaka, Japan. Identified, left to right: First Lieutenant Carroll R Hines, United States (US) Army, Infantry; Second Lieutenant C N Kline, US Army; Captain Frederick J Yeager, US Army; Major (Maj) C F Maynard, US Army; Maj Clarence Bidgood, US Army; and Maj Robert Besson, US Army, Infantry. 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
P04017.036
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Credit Line
Donor H McCallum
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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