Allied Prisoners Hail Their Deliverance
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
Allied Prisoners Hail Their Deliverance
ca. 1944
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions inscribed in crayon on recto TC: editing marks and 8x10
stamped on verso in ink: BUAer 700765
printed on verso in ink: FILE NUMBER: 700765 RELEASED:SEPTEMBER 2, 1945/
ALLIED PRISONERS HAIL THEIR DELIVERANCE-- Overjoyed at the prospect of/ freedom, Allied prisoners of war wave and shout as a U.S. Navy carrier/ based plane from the Third Fleet roars down low over a Japanese prison/ camp in Yokohama. Note the signs lettered on the roof by the internees./ This photograph was flown directly from Japan to Washington, D.C., arriving/ today, September 2, 1945./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/ publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
stamped on verso in ink: BUAer 700765
printed on verso in ink: FILE NUMBER: 700765 RELEASED:SEPTEMBER 2, 1945/
ALLIED PRISONERS HAIL THEIR DELIVERANCE-- Overjoyed at the prospect of/ freedom, Allied prisoners of war wave and shout as a U.S. Navy carrier/ based plane from the Third Fleet roars down low over a Japanese prison/ camp in Yokohama. Note the signs lettered on the roof by the internees./ This photograph was flown directly from Japan to Washington, D.C., arriving/ today, September 2, 1945./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/ publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
