MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. MAJOR E.S. OWENS, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER ...

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Accession Number 097748
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. MAJOR E.S. OWENS, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION, MAKING AN INSPECTION OF JAPANESE BARRACKS, SIMPLY CONSTRUCTED FROM SAC-SAC, IN THE COMPOUND. THE INSPECTION WAS TO ENSURE THAT LIEUTENANT GENERAL K. YOSHIWARA, CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF AND COMMANDER OF THE JAPANESE ENCAMPMENT ON MUSCHU ISLAND HAD OBEYED ORDERS TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN THE JAPANESE HOSPITAL, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO SANITATION AND RATIONS.