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Photo #: 80-G-490446 Surrender of Japan, 1945 Gaunt Allied prisoners of war pack up to leave after the arrival of U.S. Navy rescuers, at the Aomori prison camp, near Yokohama, Japan, 29-30 August 1945. The rescue mission was led by Commodore Rodger W. Simpson and Commander Harold Stassen. Prisoners were suffering from malnutrition and other disorders. Their treatment as POWs was described as an "inquisitional form of barbarism." Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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26 February 1999
