Former Japanese prison guards and liberated allied prisoners of war at a Japanese prison camp in Manchuria during the Second Sino-Japanese War (World War II). The guards dig up Red Cross cartons intended for the prisoners. They were confiscated and buried by the Japanese. Soldiers stand with guns. A soldier plays guitar. A United States Army general speaks. Panoramic views of emaciated ex-prisoners. The liberated prisoners are loaded into transport planes. The airplane in flight.
Australian prisoners of war rescued after sinking of the Rakuyo Maru, a Japanese prison ship carrying them at sea near the Philippines, during World War II. Survivors afloat on parts of wreckage. Crew members on USS Sealion (SS-315) and USS Pampanito (SS-383) helped the survivors to deck of their submarines. Survivors adrift with life belt. They are pulled aboard the ship with the help of a rope.
Australian prisoners of war rescued by USS Sealion (SS-315) and USS Pampanito (SS-383) after sinking of the Rakuyo Maru, a Japanese prison ship carrying them at sea near the Philippines, during World War II. Rescue team members on the deck of the submarine. They help the survivors aboard the ship. Crew members remove the fuel oil from the body of survivor.
Australian prisoners of war rescued at sea near the Philippines by crews of USS Sealion (SS-315) and USS Pampanito (SS-383) submarines during World War II. The survivors had been aboard the Rakuyo Maru, a Japanese prison ship that was sunk by U.S. forces (including the Sealion and Pampanito). Crew members on deck of the submarine. Other crew members in the sea assisting the survivors who cling to wrecked parts of the ship. Survivors adrift with life belt. Crew members pull them aboard. Exhausted survivors on the deck are covered with fuel oil. Crew members clean off the fuel oil.
Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division during the Battle of Troina in 1943, Sicily. Boats and ships at a harbor. Soldiers load luggage on the ships. Ships underway at sea. Soldiers in jeeps on the street. Houses along the sides of the street. High altitude view of the houses and the city. Map shows the battlefields of the 1st Infantry. Soldiers fire on the mountains of Troina. An officer talks on phone. Wrecked houses after the war.
Soldiers stand near wrecked vehicles in Bastogne, Belgium during World War II. Road sign 'Bastogne', Provision of Luxembourg in Bastogne, Belgium. Wrecked vehicles on a field covered with snow. Trees in the background. Soldiers stand near the vehicles. Soldiers watch the severely damaged vehicles. Soldier tries to fix engine of a vehicle. A dead German paratrooper lay in the snow.
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