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Salvage collecting crew members reclaim damaged and wrecked vehicles and equipment from battlefields after World War II.
Tanks being transported on Military train. Soldier drives a military jeep onto a United States Army Air Force Aircraft. Military tanks, jeeps and ambulances are loaded onto container ship. United States trucks and tanks parked in order. Various images of battlefields of Philippines, Italy, Pacific Theater and battle-scarred beach in France. Wrecked military trucks, tanks and damaged guns. Salvage collecting crew members reclaim helmets, guns and other parts that can be repaired and reused. Damaged military truck towed.
An escaped and then rescued American prisoner of war describes the Japanese death march to San Fernando
A representative of Prisoners War Branch (a MIS-X officer) interviews American soldiers who had escaped from the Japanese 10-A prison camp in Palawan, Philippines, and had then been rescued. Private first class Albert D Pacheco and Edwin A Petry share their experiences before they reached the World War 2 Japanese prison camp at Puerta Princessa, Palawan and the conditions there. Petry describes the famous five days long death march to San Fernando, where war prisoners were not given any food.
Rescued American war prisoner Edwin Petry describes his escape from a Japanese prison camp in World War 2
A MIS-X officer representing the Prisoners of War Branch interviews American soldiers who escaped from and were then rescued from Japan's 10-A camp in Palawan, Philippines. Private first class Edwin A Petry describes the murder of American soldiers by forcing them to enter a bomb shelter, pouring gasoline, setting the gasoline alight and shooting the men who tried to escape. With the help of a map he also describes how he along with a companion managed to escape from the prison camp by crashing through the barbed wire and swimming across the bay. They were later evacuated to Morotai by 13th Army Air Force Catalina.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson presents land to war hero Thomas Eugene Atkins in the United States.
Neighbors build a home for United States World War II hero and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Eugene Atkins, in the United States. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson presents land and the home to the war hero. Atkins, a U.S. Army Private and war hero during service in the Philippines, shakes hands with Anderson. Atkins walks with his wife into the house. An plaque on the wall of the house commemorating the gift. Atkins and his neighbors eating during a country barbecue in Campobello South Carolina near Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Japanese prisoners at a prison camp after being captured by American forces in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
The Japanese being taken as prisoners in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Allied soldiers cross a water channel and advance in Luzon, Philippines. Soldiers fire and advance. Explosions occur on the island. The soldiers fire rifles and guns. A soldier loads shells into a mortar and fires. A Japanese urges the natives over a loudspeaker to surrender. American soldiers aboard a ship as they look through binoculars to spot any Japanese soldier. Japanese soldiers swim towards the ship and come aboard as they surrender. Another local speaks into a loudspeaker as he urges the Japanese to surrender. A Japanese soldier waves a leaflet and surrenders to U.S. soldiers. A wounded Japanese soldier after surrendering to U.S. troops. Japanese prisoners at a prison camp. Prisoners eat and are lined up on the camp grounds.
Japanese prisoners of war work under American guards and former American prisoners of war at a camp area in Mukden, Manchuria.
Showing change of prisoners from American to Japanese in Mukden, Manchuria during last days of World War II. Former POW (prisoners of war) Constant J. Wasilewaki, surviving POWs from cattle boat in which 1,623 POWs left the Philippines but only 400 reached Japan. Survivors of Bataan "Death March" includes Lieutenant Colonel Tarpley, Trspnell, Wilson and Lieutenant C.Y. Christis, men of 200th Coast Artillery corps. American prisoners of war Criville A. Johnson, Robert E. Butler worth play bass and guitar that they made while in prison. Cartoon called 'Changie- Changie' drawn by Benny Pinson, depicting change of prisoners from American to Japanese. Prison wall. High tension wire on top. Lieutenant Christie stack Red Cross carton atop pile. Japanese prisoners carry supplies under guard.