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80-G-343551: Allied Prisoner of War, Formosa, 1945

80-G-343551: Allied Prisoner of War, Formosa, 1945. Liberated British and Australian prisoners from a Formosan prison camp revel in clean clothes, cots, Red Cross kits, and a friendly welcome on board their rescue ship, USS Block Island (CVE 106). Photographed by Photographer’s Mate First Class T.K. Brett, September 5, 1945. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives. (5/22/2014).
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Caption: Allied Prisoner of War, Formosa, 1945. Liberated British and Australian prisoners from a Formosan prison camp revel in clean clothes, cots, Red Cross kits, and a friendly welcome on board their rescue ship, USS Block Island (CVE-106). Photographed by Photographer’s Mate First Class T.K. Brett, September 5, 1945. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives. (5/22/2014).
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