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.
Rescue team members on the deck of a U.S. submarine (both USS Sealion (SS-315) and USS Pampanito (SS-383) participated in the rescue) . Crew members carry Australian survivors found clinging to wrecked parts of the Rakuyo Maru, a Japanese prison ship, that had been carrying the prisoners, during World War II. The Rakuyo Maru had been torpedoed by U.S. submarines including these same rescue ships, days earlier. Exhausted survivors pulled on deck with the help of rescue line. They are covered with fuel oil. Men help the survivors aboard. Crew members with other survivors on the submarine.
Australian prisoners of war rescued by crews of U.S. Navy submarines USS Sealion (SS-315) and USS Pampanito (SS-383) days after sinking of the Japanese prison ship Rakuyo Maru at sea in Philippines, during World War II. The rescued survivors rest on beds in the submarine. Crew members talk to them.
Shows released American prisoners at Grasleben in Germany. The released prisoners show their emaciated bodies to the camera. They wave at the American soldiers of 117th Infantry Regiment,30th Infantry Division,passing in trucks. (World War II period).
Released American Prisoners of War (POW) kick and throw objects at a German prisoner of war at Grasleben in Germany, near the end of World War 2 in Europe. The released U.S. POWs wave at the American soldiers of 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division passing in trucks and jeeps. They gather around a jeep and converse with soldiers of the 117th Infantry.
U.S. soldiers of 89th Infantry division with the aid of German civilians exhume corpses of Polish and Russian prisoners from a burial pit at a slave labor camp in Arnstadt, Germany. A corpse with crushed head is pulled out of the pit. An empty dog kennel. Exterior view of the concentration camp used to keep prisoners. (World War II period).
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