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Sailors of carrier Zuikaku winching up the anchor on the quarter-deck after leaving Hitokappu Bay, Etorofu, Hokkaido Prefecture Japan (now controlled by Russia as Itrup of Sakhalin Oblast) in the Kurile Islands, 26 Nov 1941; she was en route to attack Pearl HarborCarrier Soryu in Hitokappu Bay, Etorofu, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan (now Kasatka Bay, Iturup, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia), early Dec 1941
Sailors of carrier Zuikaku winching up the anchor on the quarter-deck after leaving Hitokappu Bay, Etorofu, Hokkaido Prefecture Japan (now controlled by Russia as Itrup of Sakhalin Oblast) in the Kurile Islands, 26 Nov 1941; she was en route to attack Pearl HarborCarrier Soryu in Hitokappu Bay, Etorofu, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan (now Kasatka Bay, Iturup, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia), early Dec 1941
US Marine Captain J. R. Hester (back row, 4th from left) and other American prisoners of war, Hokkaido, Japan, circa 1943Nachi, Heian Maru, and Teiyo Maru at Paramushiru, Kurile Islands, May 1943
US Marine Captain J. R. Hester (back row, 4th from left) and other American prisoners of war, Hokkaido, Japan, circa 1943Nachi, Heian Maru, and Teiyo Maru at Paramushiru, Kurile Islands, May 1943
American captives at Hakodate Branch Camp No. 3 in Hokkaido, Japan waving at a circling US aircraft, 1945American captives at Hakodate Branch Camp No. 3, Hokkaido, Japan, 1945
American captives at Hakodate Branch Camp No. 3 in Hokkaido, Japan waving at a circling US aircraft, 1945American captives at Hakodate Branch Camp No. 3, Hokkaido, Japan, 1945
Former captives raising a US flag at Hakodate Branch Camp No. 3, Hokkaido, Japan, 1945
Former captives raising a US flag at Hakodate Branch Camp No. 3, Hokkaido, Japan, 1945


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