BITOENG, MENADO, CELEBES. 1945-10-17. MENADO FORCE. ALL CIVILIANS HAD BEEN ORDERED TO LEAVE THE ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Celebes, Menado
Accession Number 120968
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

BITOENG, MENADO, CELEBES. 1945-10-17. MENADO FORCE. ALL CIVILIANS HAD BEEN ORDERED TO LEAVE THE BITOENG AREA WHERE IT HAD BEEN DECIDED TO CONCENTRATE THE JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR. THEY WILL NOT LOSE BY THE ARRANGEMENT AS THE JAPANESE WILL HAVE TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD AND THEREBY BREAK NEW GROUND. AN OX DRAWN CART LEAVING THE AREA. (PHOTOGRAPHER SSGT R. L. STEWART)