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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: When this heading is qualified by nationality, the qualifier refers to the country controlling the prisons and holding the prisoners of war.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Tetsushi Nakamura letter (copy), circa 1945

 File — Box 4, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSC-364- File MSI 026
Scope and Contents

Cooy of a letter attributed to a Japanese Second Lieutenant regarding favorable impression of Americans and exceptional treatment as a prisoner of war on U.S. Navy vessel during WWII. Copies of the letter, actually devised by U.S. Intelligence, were dropped over Tokyo during U.S. bombardment in February 1945.

Dates: circa 1945

Tilden I. Moe typescript, 1946

 File — Box 5, Folder: 11-12
Identifier: MSC-364- File MSI 056
Scope and Contents

Typescript of manuscript entitled "Guest of the Emperor," an account of experiences as a POW of the Japanese on Guam and in Japan during WWII.

Dates: 1946