Photograph. Japanese prisoners of war being inspected by U.S. Marine. Official Caption: "Rome 8/2/45. JAPANESE PORISONERS INSPECTED BY U.S. MARINES ON GUAM. U.S. Marines on Guam make a routine search of Japanese prisoners as the prisoners return to camp at the end of a day's work. Guam, U.S. Pacific base, is Advance Headquarters for U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander of Allied naval forces in the Pacific. U.S. Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson on June 28 presented figures to show the steady increase in the number of Japanese prisoners taken by U.S. forces in the Pacific. He said that earlier in the war one per cent [sic] as many Japanese were taken prisoner by American forces as were killed. On Okinawa the number of prisoners in the total of enemy losses amounted to 11 percent. PHOTO THROUGH ROME U.S.I.S. APPROVED BY APPROPRIATE U.S. AUTHORITY. A & B lists out. Guam. 2 August 1945