Prisoners of war. US Navy photo, WWII - 80-G-490443 (22553854449)

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Prisoners of war. US Navy photo, WWII - 80-G-490443 (22553854449)

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80-G-490443: Major Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, USMC, flying ace, who was reported missing for 16 months, as seen after his rescue from prison camp hospital at Aomori near Tokyo. Shown: Commander Harold E. Stassen, right of the staff of Admiral William F. Halsey, USN, greets the Major. Boyington later received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war. Photograph dated August 29, 1945. (2015/11/10).

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