General View of Roku Roshi POW camp at time of rescue. Located on the Japanese west coast high up in the mountains.
Officers opening parachuted supplies of clothing and food dropped by an advanced unit.
Prisoners of War greet the first free Americans they have seen in more than three years.
Captain Charles D. Matzen of Philadelphia, PA strips to the waist to show the effects of malnutrition after having gained approximately twenty pounds since his release.
Lamar Gillett and Jack Gates demonstrate a method applied to them by the Japanese to make them confess to any "guilties" committed. They were beaten over the head with bamboo poles and then slapped with a Japanese shoe with the same effect as a rubber hose.
"This Japanese guard had knocked me down with his fist at roll call about ten times before this picture. The American captain in charge of the recovery team promoted this event, for which I got in trouble with the Camp Commander, Col. Unruh. The Col. did not know this was taking place." Jack Gates
Lt. Fred Garett of Norman, Oklahoma, who had his left leg amputated while in a Japanese prisoner of war camp burns his Japanese clothing in a field in Japan.
Liberated Americans loading up to leave camp.
Going Home!