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TALAUD ISLANDS, DUTCH EAST INDIES, 1945-10-13. TALAUD FORCE WAS RAISED TO TAKE PROCLAMATIONS OF FREEDOM TO NATIVE PEOPLES, SUPERVISE THE ROUNDING UP OF JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS AND INVESTIGATE GENERAL CONDITIONS AFTER JAPANESE SURRENDER. HMAS BOWEN ACCOMPANIED THE FORCE. COLONEL SHIGE KODA, COMMANDER OF THE TALAUD JAPANESE GARRISON, BEING QUESTIONED ON THE QUARTER DECK OF HMAS BOWEN BY NX194833 LIEUTENANT J. A. LOUWISCH, ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER SERVICE. (PHOTOGRAPHER SERGEANT P. A. DIMOND)
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Colour: Black & white
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