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JESSELTON, NORTH BORNEO 1945-10-08. JAPANESE TROOPS OF COLONEL IEMURA'S FORCE WERE DISARMED, SEARCHED MEDICALLY EXAMINED AND MARCHED INTO THE PRISONER OF WAR COMPOUND UNDER GUARDS OF THE 2/32ND BATTALION. THESE PRISONERS, ALL FIT, WERE USED TO BUILD FURTHER COMPOUNDS FOR OTHER JAPANESE PERSONNEL IN THE JESSELTON AREA. MEN FROM "A" COMPANY WHO ARE GUARDING THE PRISONERS, ARE AT WORK ON THE GUARD TOWER IN THE FOREGROUND. BEHIND THE WIRE MAJOR N. M. CAHILL, SECOND IN CHARGE OF THE 2/32ND BATTALION, INTERVIEWS A JAPANESE OFFICER. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT F. A. C. BURKE)
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