OELOE, SIAOE ISLAND, SANGHIE GROUP, DUTCH EAST INDIES, 1945-10-17. THE JAPANESE GARRISON SALUTES ...

Places
Accession Number 119861
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

OELOE, SIAOE ISLAND, SANGHIE GROUP, DUTCH EAST INDIES, 1945-10-17. THE JAPANESE GARRISON SALUTES AS THE DUTCH NATIONAL ANTHEM IS PLAYED BY THE NATIVE BAND. THE GARRISON OF TWENTY EIGHT MEN WAS TRANSPORTED TO MENADO WHERE SOME WERE QUESTIONED ABOUT POSSIBLE WAR CRIMES. (PHOTOGRAPHER SERGEANT P. A. DIMOND)