TINIAN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-18. A CANOE WITH A "BOSS BOY" ABOARD COMES OUT TO GIVE DIRECTIONS ...

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Accession Number 094147
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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TINIAN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-18. A CANOE WITH A "BOSS BOY" ABOARD COMES OUT TO GIVE DIRECTIONS TO AN ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU RESCUE CRAFT WHICH IS PICKING UP TEN NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES ARMY PERSONNEL WHO HAD BEEN PRISONERS OF THE JAPANESE SINCE 1942-03-08 AND WERE ORIGINALLY CAPTURED AT BANDOENG IN JAVA.