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Description:Allied POWs suffering from malnutrition and other disorders as seen here after their rescue from the Aomori Camp, Tokyo area by a Navy Rescue Mission headed by Cdr. Rogert (Robert?) Simpson and Cdr. Harold Stasson. Treatment of the prisoners was described as an inquisitional form of barbarism. L-R Sub/ Lt. Robert M. Gunther, RNVR (British), Lt Basil W. Aldwell, RNVR (British), Unknown (British), Gordon Grant Johnson, Ex-ARM-2, USNR (National Archive 80-G-490448)
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