German prisoners aboard USS Wakefield in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Interior: head and shoulders of a Coast Guard enlisted man with earphones. Head and shoulders of a German POW. He has a German "Iron Cross" on his chest. Head and shoulders of this German prisoner with a Luftwaffe insignia. Several German POWs in uniform on the deck of Wakefield. They stand close together near the railings of the ship. Four German POWs converse together. Most of them have Luftwaffe wings on their chest. Two German prisoners. Two young POWs leaning against a bulkhead on the deck. German POWs in uniform. A German prisoner smokes a pipe. The prisoners sitting and standing on the deck of Wakefield.
German prisoners of war arrive at the town square or Hauptplatz (Hauptpl., 4020 Linz, Austria) in Linz, Austria during last few days of World War II. View of Dreifaltigkeitssäule or the Holy Trinity Column (Dreifaltigkeitssäule, Hauptplatz, 4020 Linz, Austria). Trucks bring more prisoners into the town. The prisoners climb off the trucks and stand in the town square. Trucks loaded with prisoners drive past on a road in the foreground. The prisoners unload from the trucks.
Japanese prisoners of war work under guards in Mukden, Manchuria during last days of World War II. General camp area, prison kitchen in the background. Former American POWs (prisoners of war) Brigadier General Charles C. Drake, Staff sergeant Frank A. Pechek. Japanese POWs work under guards. Japanese prisoners of war scoops rubble and toss them to a cart. Prisoners of war march to stations. American staff including American GI, Melcolm D. Russell check Japanese rifles. Former POW's Major George Parker Jr., and Brigadier General Lewis C. Beebe. MKK factory where American POWs worked, general camp area. Latrine, accidentally bombed by U.S. during war, where 19 American POWs died. Japanese filling in foxholes to make baseball diamond.
Military police guard German prisoners of war in vicinity of Periers,France, during World War II. German prisoners rest along wall in courtyard of a building. Some prisoners sleep over ruins of buildings. Military police guard them. Prisoners being marched to trucks and loaded, packed tightly onto open trucks. French women on bicycles stop and make fun of the German prisoners Damaged buildings seen in the background. Sherman tank of 4th Armored Division drives past bomb-damaged church. Road sign points along Route 71 to next town (Coutances) and end of route (coastal city of Granville).
Royal Laotian soldiers fire artillery in Thakhet,Laos. Soldiers load and fire field artillery piece at cave in mountainside, harboring Viet Minh guerillas. Smoke column rises from exploding shells. Following the shelling, Laotian soldiers approach the cave through rocky area. Group of captured Viet Minh prisoners seated on ground, some with bandaged injuries. Soldier gives water to a prisoner. He drinks water. Soldiers search a prisoners bag. They display North Vietnamese currency, carried by a prisoner. Soldier helps a wounded prisoner to walk. Soldiers give medical aid to wounded. Officer briefs gun crew near field artillery piece.
The Langenstein Concentration Camp for political prisoners in Germany towards the end of World War II. Sick prisoners are removed on litters from barracks and are placed in ambulances at the camp. Prisoners on litters are carried from ambulances to 20th Field Hospital tents in Halberstadt. A medical officer wearing a mask over his mouth, washes the emaciated body of a prisoner. Prisoners' uniforms and personal effects are burned near a tent by U.S. soldiers.
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