File:Landing party aboard USS San Juan (CL-54) on 29 August 1945.jpg

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Description Landing party aboard the U.S. Navy light cruiser USS San Juan (CL-54), 29 August 1945. She had embarked unit commander, Commodore Rodger W. Simpson, was assigned responsibility for freeing, caring for, and evacuating Allied prisoners of war in Japan. On 29 August, the ship entered Tokyo Bay and landed parties which liberated prisoners at camps at Omori and Ofuna and the Shanagawa hospital.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS San Juan (CL-54) World War II cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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