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Caption | Certainly with mixed feelings, Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada watches bombs fall on the Japanese 100th Infantry Division headquarters that he had just led the bombers to, Aug 9, 1945, Mindanao, Philippines ww2dbase | |||||||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Upian, Mindanao, Philippines | |||||||||||
Date | 9 Aug 1945 | |||||||||||
Photographer | David D. Duncan | |||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps | |||||||||||
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Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||||||
Photo Size | 631 x 440 pixels |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. Emmett Dwyer says:
9 Nov 2022 12:22:57 PM
2022
has there been any developments on the whereabouts or circumstances of POW Lt. Wade's life?
9 Nov 2022 12:22:57 PM
2022
has there been any developments on the whereabouts or circumstances of POW Lt. Wade's life?
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2 Feb 2015 07:37:13 PM
The official USMC captions for this set of photos date the bombing mission as Aug 10, 1945 but this is incorrect. The actual mission logs for both the bomber squadron (VMB-611) and the fighter squadron (VMF-115) say the raid occurred on Aug 9, 1945