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On 28th February 1946, the Japanese aircraft carrier Katsuragi arrived at Rabaul carrying 1,400 Koreans who refused to disembark to make way for 2,500 Japanese POW. After an armed escort persuaded the Koreans to leave the ship the Japanese troops embarked. These were the first POW to be repatriated to Japan from New Britain.
On the evening of 30 January 1946, a Japanese 22,000 ton aircraft carrier Katsuragi carrying 5,000 Japanese troops from Fauro to Japan, called at Rabaul for fuel and water. Most of the troops were in
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-01-31. THE JAPANESE NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER, KATSURAGI, EN ROUTE TO JAPAN WITH SOME 5,000 JAPANESE TROOPS ABOARD, CALLED AT RABAUL FOR RE-FUELLING. SHOWN, THE CROWDED CONDITION
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-02-28. FORMOSAN AND KOREAN TROOPS LEAVING THE DEMILITARIZED JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER KATSURAGI TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE FIRST DRAFT OF JAPANESE TROOPS TO BE RETURNED TO THEIR HO
Rabaul, New Britain. 1946-01-31. The Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Katsuragi in Simpson Harbour. The ship was transporting 5000 Japanese troops from the Solomon Islands to Japan and had called at Rab
Rabaul, New Britain. 1946-01-31. A view of some of the 5000 Japanese troops being transported, in crowded conditions, from the Solomon Islands to Japan aboard the Japanese aircraft carrier Katsuragi.
KOKOPO, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-02-28. MEMBERS OF 3 GROUP CAMP, 11 DIVISION, SEARCHING JAPANESE TROOPS BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE CAMP TO BOARD THE DEMILITARIZED AIRCRAFT CARRIER KATSURAGI FOR THEIR JOURNEY BACK
