Operation Little Switch repatriation operation late in Korean War (followed by Operation Big Switch in August), in which released United States former POW (Prisoners Of War) are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tokyo, Japan. The liberated soldiers get dressed in clean uniforms. Red Cross workers make tags for the returnees. A Red Cross nurse smiles. A Greek patient reading in bed. The patient smiles.
Operation Little Switch effort underway for repatriation of former prisoners of war near end of the Korean War. Released POW (Prisoners Of War) had been taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tokyo, Japan. A number of injured former POW U.S. Army soldiers are seen receiving Purple Heart awards from U.S. Army Colonel Kirkpatrick. Several views of Colonel awarding Purple Hearts to six soldiers, including two African American soldiers. The medals pinned on the robes of the hospital patients. (A larger Operation Big Switch followed, in August 1953).
Physical damage caused by the atomic bombings in Nagasaki, Japan during the end of World War II. The wreckage in a sawmill. The collapsed steel framework which is the result of blast and fire. The members of the sawmill look at the main roof of the mill. The complete collapse of the main roof. The sawmill members twisted into a tangled heap. The wrecked steel frames. A foundry situated in a casting plant. The striped wall, machines and work men. Inventories of raw materials. The inventories.
Physical damage caused by the atomic bombings in Nagasaki, Japan at the end of World War II. Damaged Mitsubishi Small Arms plant in the background. Foundations of the buildings that has collapsed in the foreground. The collapsed square brick column. An intact round concrete structure. The entrance of shrine. A set of stone lanterns on the steps leading up to the shrine. The lantern on the left falls west while the lantern on the right remains standing. The stone railing on the north side of the step which is protected by a blast from a stone wall. The south railing is blasted. The shrine and steps leading to shrine , the railings, stone lanterns and arc at head of stairway. Five children walk through the ruins of the University Hospital. A concrete wall support bent. A bridge with railing fallen and one standing. A view of the fallen side and the hospital in the background. The round concrete structure shows little effect of blast, while on of the square brick collapsed.
A Japanese drying seaweeds after the atomic bombings in Nagasaki, Japan during the end of World War II . A Japanese stands on the ruins and debris. He uses a long handled ladle to pour some fertilizer into the ground. The seaweeds is laid onto concrete slabs to dry.
An aerial coverage of Nagasaki, Japan to show the atomic bomb damage which occurred during World War II. Aerial views of a harbor area and a river parallel to the Mitsubishi Small Arms Plant and a new air strip. Ships anchored and a bridge over a river. Views of buildings and plants.
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