Description
Group portrait of prisoners of war (POWs) from Zentsuji Camp at Shikoku, Osaka, Japan. Identified, left to right: Warrant Officer A P Daul, United States (US) Navy; Lieutenant Commander Hubertus J Van Peenan, US Navy; Lieutenant (Lt) H B Williams Jnr, US Navy; unidentified; and Lt Thomas Magee III, US Navy. 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
P04017.050
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Credit Line
Donor H McCallum
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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