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USS Reeves

Former U.S. prisoners of war pose for a photo aboard USS Reeves in Tokyo Bay, Japan, after being transferred from USS Benevolence, Aug. 30, 1945. They had just been liberated from a prisoner of war camp in the Tokyo area. Marine Lt. Col. Gregory Boyington stands second from left.

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