POW Camp # 294 Eimei North
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POW Camp # 294 Eimei North

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Photograph

Ralph Cox

Maker
American, 1925–1999

POW Camp # 294 Eimei North

1945
Gelatin silver print
15.5 x 15.4 cm.
Gift of Mark Janosky
1998.1979.0099
Inscriptions recto-(printed) "POW Camp # 294 Eimei North"
verso-(mimeographed) "Restricted (underlined)" "Official U.S. Navy
Photograph" "Made for: U.S.S. Bennington (CV-20) Action Report
Covering period from 16 August 1945 until 1200(Item) 2 September 1945"
"No. CV20-568C" "Date 29 August 1945" "Subject: P.O.W. Camp # 295 -
Eimei. 1. Typical of the prisoner of War Camps discovered by
Bennington pilots in the rural areas of Honshu is Eimei (E295),
located near a river in ragged [sic], mountainous country."
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