Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome black and white 80-G-79974: Battle of Midway, June 1942. Japanese prisoners of war on board USS Ballard (AVD-10) after being rescued from a lifeboat two weeks after the Battle of Midway. They were members of the aircraft carrier Hiryu's engineering force, left behind when she was abandoned on 5 June 1942, and had escaped in one of her boats just as she sank. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/26). 80-G-79974: Battle of Midway, June 1942. Japanese prisoners of war on board USS Ballard (AVD-10) after being rescued from a lifeboat two weeks after the Battle of Midway. They were members of the aircraft carrier Hiryu's engineering force, left behind when she was abandoned on 5 June 1942, and had escaped in one of her boats just as she sank. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/12/26). |