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Japanese prisoners of war on board USS Ballard (AVD-10/DD-267) after being rescued from a lifeboat two weeks after the Battle of Midway. They were members of the aircraft carrier Hiryu's engineering force, left behind when she was abandoned on 5 June 1942, and had escaped in one of her boats.
Source:Naval History and Heritage Command
Photo #: 80-G-79974-1
Battle of Midway, June 1942
Japanese prisoners of war on board USS Ballard (AVD-10) after being rescued from a lifeboat two weeks after the Battle of Midway. They were members of the aircraft carrier Hiryu's engineering force, left behind when she was abandoned on 5 June 1942, and had escaped in one of her boats just as she sank.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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