Photograph of Japanese Prisoners of War Aboard Coast Guard-Manned Troop Transport. Jap Prisoners Of War Transferred To Coast Guard-Manned Troop Transport. A further indication that not all Japanese fight to the death is this bag of 221 nip prisoners of war. Sprawled on the deck of an LCT (Landing Craft, Tank), they are being brought to a Coast guard Manned troop transport at Guam for transfer to Pearl Harbor. Thirty of the prisoners were taken to Guam, while the balance were captured at Iwo Jima. Some wounded lie on stretchers. For the most part the prisoners were thin, indicating that even th
Photograph of Japanese Prisoners of War Aboard Coast Guard-Manned Troop Transport. Jap Prisoners Of War Transferred To Coast Guard-Manned Troop Transport. A further indication that not all Japanese fight to the death is this bag of 221 nip prisoners of war. Sprawled on the deck of an LCT (Landing Craft, Tank), they are being brought to a Coast guard Manned troop transport at Guam for transfer to Pearl Harbor. Thirty of the prisoners were taken to Guam, while the balance were captured at Iwo Jima. Some wounded lie on stretchers. For the most part the prisoners were thin, indicating that even their usual diet of rice and dried fish had been severely cut before their capture.
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Keywords: 17-a2-199, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg
