United States World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
This collection will include records from 1941-1945

This collection contains an index of military personnel and civilians who were prisoners of the Japanese during World War II acquired from the National Archives "Access to Archival Databases" (AAD). The index includes name, rank, service number, branch of service, source of information, unit information as available from parent unit to subordinate unit and notes.

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Record Content
These records may contain the following information:


 * Name
 * Rank
 * Unit
 * Arm of Service
 * Event type
 * POW camps notes

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 * NARA Access to Archival Databases
 * Archival Description

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 * United States

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“Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 28 February, 2012), La Plata &gt; San Ponciano &gt; Matrimonios 1884-1886 &gt; image 71 of 389 images, Artemio Avendano and Clemtina Peralta, 1884; citing Parroquia de San Ponciano en la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Matrimonios. San Ponciano, La Plata, Buenos Aires.