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Japanese prisoners of war under guard on Midway, following their rescue from an open lifeboat by USS Ballard (AVD-10) on 19 June 1942. They were survivors of the sunken aircraft carrier Hiryu.
Japanese prisoners of war, survivors of the aircraft carrier IJNS Hiryu, are brought ashore at Midway following their rescue from an open lifeboat by USS Ballard (AVD-10), 19 June 1942. After being held for a few days on Midway, they were sent on to Pearl Harbor on 23 June.
Ballard performed picket duty during the Battle of Midway, and on 14 June 1942 rescued 35 Japanese seaman from the carrier Hiryū who had been adrift since their ship sank on 5 June. [4] Until November 1943 she was engaged in tending patrol planes, laying aircraft buoys, escorting convoys, and patrolling throughout the Eastern Pacific ( Phoenix , Midway , Fiji, Espiritu Santo , Guadalcanal ...
Aug 20, 2019 · Japanese prisoners of war under guard on Midway, following their rescue from an open lifeboat by USS Ballard, on June 19, 1942. They were survivors of the sunken aircraft carrier Hiryu. After being held for a few days on Midway, they were sent on to Pearl Harbor on June 23, aboard USS Sirius.
Jun 28, 2005 · They were the last survivors of the Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma, sunk three days earlier by U.S. carrier planes. Trout took them to Pearl Harbor, adding to the very small population of Japanese prisoners of war.
Three of the prisoners, Lieutenants Dean E. Hallmark, William G. “Bill” Farrow, and Sergeant Harold A. Spatz, the latter the gunner on Bat out of Hell, were executed by the Japanese for “war crimes.” The remaining four, starved, malnourished, and near death, were rescued at the war’s end.
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Japanese prisoners of war under guard on Midway, following their rescue from an open lifeboat by USS Ballard, on June 19, 1942. They were survivors of the sunken aircraft carrier Hiryu. After being held for a few days on Midway, they were sent on to Pearl Harbor on June 23, aboard USS Sirius.
