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80-G-343559: Allied Prisoners of War, 1945

80-G-343559: Allied Prisoners of War, 1945. Liberated British and Australian prisoners from a Formosan prison camp get their first real meal on board USS Block Island (CVE-106) after three years confinement. Photographed by Photographer’s Mate First Class T.K. Brett and Marine M. J. Kane (rank not given), September 5, 1945. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives. (2014/05/22). The original photograph is small.
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Caption: Allied Prisoners of War, 1945. Liberated British and Australian prisoners from a Formosan prison camp get their first real meal on board USS Block Island (CVE-106) after three years confinement. Photographed by Photographer’s Mate First Class T.K. Brett and Marine M. J. Kane (rank not given), September 5, 1945. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives. (2014/05/22). The original photograph is small.
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