×
Home Intro People Events Equipment Places Maps Books Photos Videos Other Reference FAQ About
  ☰   

World War II Database

Surviviors of Hiryu aboard USS Ballard, Jun 1942

Caption     Surviviors of Hiryu aboard USS Ballard, Jun 1942 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
Identification Code   80-G-79974-1
More on...   
Battle of Midway and the Aleutian Islands   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Hiryu   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 740 x 491 pixels
Photos on Same Day 10 Jun 1942
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010:
The vast majority of the digital images in the Archival Research Catalog (ARC) are in the public domain. Therefore, no written permission is required to use them. We would appreciate your crediting the National Archives and Records Administration as the original source. For the few images that remain copyrighted, please read the instructions noted in the "Access Restrictions" field of each ARC record.... In general, all government records are in the public domain and may be freely used.... Additionally, according to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you.
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop



Please consider supporting us on Patreon. Even $1 per month will go a long way! Thank you.

Please help us spread the word:

 Reddit
 Bluesky
 Mastodon

Stay updated with WW2DB:

 RSS Feeds

Visitor Submitted Comments

1. Bill says:
15 Nov 2013 10:13:08 AM

LUCKY TO BE ALIVE:

Group of 35 sailors from the Hiryu's engineering section that were left behind, as the carrier was abandoned. They took to a lifeboat before the ship sank on June 5th 1942 and spent two weeks at sea until rescued by the US Navy. Later sent to
Pearl Harbor as POWs.

All visitor submitted comments are opinions of those making the submissions and do not reflect views of WW2DB.

Posting Your Comments on this Topic

Your Name 
Your Webite 
Your Email 
 Your email will not be published
Comment Type 
Your Comments 
 

Notes:

1. We hope that visitor conversations at WW2DB will be constructive and thought-provoking. Please refrain from using strong language. HTML tags are not allowed. Your IP address will be tracked even if you remain anonymous. WW2DB site administrators reserve the right to moderate, censor, and/or remove any comment. All comment submissions will become the property of WW2DB.

2. For inquiries about military records for members of the World War II armed forces, please see our FAQ.
Change View
Desktop View

Search WW2DB
News

Random Photograph

Admiral Arleigh Burke smoking a pipe while on the bridge of a ship at sea, circa 1955-1957

Current Site Statistics

Famous WW2 Quote
"All that silly talk about the advance of science and such leaves me cold. Give me peace and a retarded science."

Thomas Dodd, late 1945


Support Us

Please consider supporting us on Patreon. Even $1 a month will go a long way. Thank you!

Or, please support us by purchasing some WW2DB merchandise at TeeSpring, Thank you!