Japanese prisoners in Okinawa, Japan, during Battle of Okinawa of World War II. Japanese prisoners of war (POW) are marched on a muddy field by U.S. troops. The prisoners walk past a tent. The prisoners are put in an enclosure with a wire fencing. 'PW Enclosure' written outside the enclosure. A U.S. soldier opens a can of C-ration and gives it to a Japanese prisoner The prisoner eats the C-ration given to him inside the enclosure.
Japanese prisoners in Okinawa, Japan, during World War II. U.S. troops with a few Japanese prisoners of war (POW) on a marshy area. The group of prisoners on a field. The prisoners, in columns, are marched along a path in the area by U.S. troops. Wounded prisoners in the group. Two men on either side of a wounded prisoner, help him to walk. A few prisoners seated on the ground. Partially clothed prisoners, in a group on the field. A few of them standing and a few others sitting. The prisoners moving in columns. Two U.S. soldiers attend to a wounded prisoner. A few wounded prisoners are loaded into a truck. A jeep loaded with prisoners. The vehicles move along a road and reaches the war prisoners' enclosure.
Japanese prisoners of war (POW) in Okinawa, Japan, during World War II. The Japanese prisoners are brought in trucks by the U.S. troops to be enclosed. The Japanese prisoners get out of the trucks. U.S. soldiers search the prisoners. The prisoners are sent into a wire-fenced enclosure. The prisoners inside the enclosure. Small tents inside the enclosure. The prisoners standing in lines. The corpsmen attending to wounded prisoners who are laid on stretchers. A prisoner's eye being bandaged by two other prisoners.
Japanese prisoners in Okinawa, Japan, during World War II. The Japanese prisoners of war (POW) preparing soups in huge vessels. The soup being served to the prisoners. The prisoners, in a wire-fenced enclosure, having the soup from bowls. The prisoners unloading ration supplies from trucks. The prisoners stacking the supplies inside the enclosure. 'PW' written on the backs of the prisoners' shirts. Prisoners working on the wire fencing. Prisoners having bath. Prisoners having haircut and shave. Two prisoners playing a board game. A few prisoners watching. Two prisoners engaged in a judo match. Other prisoners seated in a circle around them and watch as they wrestle.
Japanese prisoners in Okinawa, Japan, during World War II. The Japanese prisoners of war (POW) stand in a group inside a wire-fenced enclosure. The prisoners attending religious services. A man facing the prisoners, seated and playing an instrument. The prisoners citing hymns. A U.S. Army soldier reads to the prisoners from a board with Japanese written on it. The group of prisoners seated on the ground during the religious services. Two men standing in the front and the man playing the instrument seated on a chair.
General Roy Geiger and General Simon Buckner I Okinawa, Japan. General Buckner and General Joseph Stilwell confer outside a tent. Tanks and infantrymen move at Hill 92 for a battle against Japanese troops. Heavy fire takes place and a Japanese officer with a badly burnt face surrenders to American soldiers. Officer fed Japanese officer after interrogating him. (World War II period).