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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-79984-28 (#2)

Battle of Midway, June 1942


Japanese prisoners of war under guard on Midway, following their rescue from an open lifeboat by USS Ballard (AVD-10) on 19 June 1942. They were survivors of the sunken aircraft carrier Hiryu.
After being held for a few days on Midway, they were sent on to Pearl Harbor on 23 June aboard USS Sirius (AK-15), arriving there on 1 July.
Note Marine guard in the center background, armed with a M1903 "Springfield" rifle.

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

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12 March 1999