Rokuroshi Rescue Photographs
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Picture Descriptions:
C. 111-SC-222976: Prisoners
at Rokuroshi Prison Camp located about 250 miles west of Osaka
as they welcome the first Americans they have seen in approx 3-1/2
years.
D. 111-SC-224000: Jap Lieutenant Tsuntaro [Toshitaro]
Habe, Camp Commander Ex. turns over his sword to American Camp
Commander Col. Marion D. Unruh, B-24 Pilot, from Pretty Prairie,
Kansas, in a gesture of surrender. Lt. Habe gave the order for
dipping the benjo pails on the day of surrender, and is credited
with the quote, "It's yours and you'll dip it."
E. 111-SC-224001: Raising the American flag over Camp Rokuroshi.
Left to right_ Lt. Commander William J. Gailbraith, USN, from
Knoxville, Tenn., captured on the USS Houston, March, 1942, Lt.
Col. Donald Spicer, USMC, from Augusta, Georgia., who asked to
raise the flag because he surrendered the first American territory
to Japs on Guam on Dec 10, 1941, and Capt. Jack K. Boyer, from
Taos, N.M., Anti Aircraft, Coast Artillery, captured on Bataan,
April 9, 1942.
F. Four men eating at table.
G.111-SC-222978: Capt Edward Erikson of Minnesota, stripped to
waist showing effects of malnutrition after gaining 25 lbs. over
weight while prisoner of Japs. [Rokuroshi]
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