Japanese POWs being transported in a LCVP, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph. American military police overseeing half-naked Japanese prisoners of war on a LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel] on a beach; an armed boat is in the background. Official caption on front: "Jap prisoners captured at Kwajalein Atoll. Coast Guard Photo 200-4." Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. 1944
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Date:
1944-01-
1944-02-
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
Geography:
Kwajalein
Latitude:
9.250
Longitude:
167.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Prisoners of war--Japanese--Kwajalein
Military police--American--Kwajalein
Landing craft--American--Kwajalein
Kwajalein Atoll, Battle of, Marshall Islands, 1944
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Marshall Islands