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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-79979-15

Battle of Midway, June 1942


Japanese prisoner of war, one of the survivors of the aircraft carrier Hiryu that had been rescued by USS Ballard (AVD-10), reading the 24 November 1941 issue of Life magazine while being held on Midway pending transfer to Hawaii, circa 20-23 June 1942.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 515 pixels

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12 March 1999