British Indian Army 19th Infantry Division beachhead in Kwauk-Myaung area, Burma during World War II. The troops near a cemetery. The troops on a boat cross Irrawaddy River near Singu. The troops on the boat talk amongst themselves while they cross the river. Natives on other side of the river. The troops in a jeep drive down a muddy road. Insignia of the United States on the jeep.
British Indian Army 19th Infantry Division beachhead in Kwauk-Myaung area, Burma during World War II. British troops at a pier on Irrawaddy river near Singu. The troops cross the river in boats. The troops with guns in the foreground. The troops stand on the pier. Another pier in the background. A jeep drives down towards the pier. The jeep and troops on the pier. The jeep is loaded in a raft. The troops on the raft cross the river. The troops on jeeps, after crossing the river, drive on a muddy road.
British Indian Army 19th Infantry Division beachhead in Kwauk-Myaung area, Burma during World War II. The troops get into an assault boat. The troops in boats cross Irrawaddy river near Singu. The troops with their supplies walk along side the river. The troops get into a boat. They cross the river. The troops row the boat using oars. Native Burmese water elephants on river bank. The elephants drink water from the river. The natives in a raft. The troops pull the raft towards the river bank. the They get into the raft to cross river.
The laborers employed in Nagasaki, Japan after the atomic bombings during the end of World War II . A locomotive standing on a siding at Nagasaki railroad yard. A man using shovel to put the coal in a basket. The human chain method as they dump the coal into the tender. The laborers use wicker baskets to pass the coal up to the tender. The coal in the tender. The laborers on a ladder passing coal in the tender. The laborers dump the baskets into a coal bunker of the tender. A man using shovel to put the coal in a basket.
Japanese troops surrender to British forces in Singapore at the end of World War II. A view of the England naval base in Singapore. The Japanese troops at the base. A Japanese guard with a bayonet. Japanese troops putting barricade away. A view of the city. The British troops disembark a ship. The troops with guns on their shoulders walk on the port. Singaporean civilians greet British troops on trucks. Starved British prisoners cheering from behind a fence. A prisoner smokes. The prisoners light each other’s cigarettes. The Singapore prisoners at the Japanese prison camp. Several views of the prisoners showing emaciation under Japanese captivity. Emaciated British prisoners of war only wearing white fundoshi or Japanese undergarments. British General Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives for a meeting. Japanese delegation lead by General Seishiro Itagaki enters a hall for the meeting. The Japanese delegates and British officials in a hall for the meeting. Mountbatten investigates the surrender document. Itakaki signs the surrender document. People seated during the meeting. The British troops stand in formation in the background. The British flag is raised. (World War II period).
U.S. Marine Commander of Wake Island, James Devereux returns from Japan in Washington DC. Paddy son of Commander James wait at a railroad station to greet his father. A close up of Paddy. James Devereux gets off the train. His son greets him. General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, head of marine corps greets Devereux at the station. James Devereux with his son Paddy poses. Under Secretary of Navy Artemus L. Gates awards him the Navy Cross. Men in the background take pictures. Gates shakes hands with James Devereux. Paddy looks at him. Paddy shakes hands with his father.
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