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Copyright JANM
photograph
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

photograph

Date1945
Mediumpaper
DimensionsL: 4 in, W: 5 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of Don S. Okubo
Object number95.85.58
Description1 photographic print: b&w; Group of U.S. and Imperial Japanese military men on deck of ship; one U.S. Military soldier in foreground back to camera saluting others. Unable to see faces of others. About 4 Imperial Japanese soldiers, at right, in distance, standing on deck while 3 other Imperial Japanese soldiers wait to climb the ladder to deck; U.S. solders on higher part of ship on left side.

Typewritten on verso, "These boys from the Japanese army came in full uniform. Capt. Furukawa follows Mieno who is saluting". Written below, "We return Lt. Col Mieno's salute"; in center is "3" circled and written in pencil.

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