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Research at the National Archives

World War II Prisoners of the Japanese Data File, created, 4/2005 – 2/2006, documenting the period ca. 1941 – ca. 1945

This series contains information on military personnel and a few civilians who were prisoners of the Japanese during World War II. The series includes records principally derived from the series “Records of World War II Prisoners of War, 1942-1947” (ARC Identifier 583428) and supplemented with military organization and other information. The records include name, rank, service number, branch of service, source of the information, unit information as available from parent unit to subordinate unit, and notes.

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