Description
Group portrait of prisoners of war (POWs) from Zentsuji Camp which was located in Shikoku, Osaka, Japan. Identified, left to right: First Lieutenant (1st Lt) Glenn Rice, United States (US) Army Air Corps; 1st Lt Thomas H Fortney, US Army, Anti-Aircraft; 1st Lt Lester L Peterie, US Army, Coastal Artillery Anti-Aircraft; 1st Lt Harold F Eddington, US Army, Coastal Artillery; 1st Lt F G Jonelis, US Army; and 1st Lt Charles W Erhardt, US Army, Coastal Artillery. 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
P04017.066
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Credit Line
Donor H McCallum
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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