DILI, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-09-25. IN CONCURRENCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE SURRENDER, JAPANESE ARMS ...

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Accession Number 119643
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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DILI, PORTUGUESE TIMOR 1945-09-25. IN CONCURRENCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE SURRENDER, JAPANESE ARMS AND AMMUNITION WERE BEING DUMPED IN THE SEA OFF DILI HARBOUR. TIMORESE NATIVES UNLOAD AMMUNITION FROM A TRUCK WHILE JAPANESE OFFICERS, STILL ARROGANT, STAND BY. (PHOTOGRAPHER SERGEANT K. B. DAVIS)