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Gerald James is pictured here in a Tank suit soon after his liberation by Americans from a Prisoner of War camp in Germany, April 1945.

Prisoner of War notification, April 13, 1945.

An unidentified Canadian soldier, who is armed with a Thompson machine gun, escorting a German prisoner who was captured during Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe raid. England, 19 August 1942.

Al Trotter's prisoner of war mug shot.

Al Trotter's prisoner of war mug shot.

David Seager and Japanese POWs as his work crew. Photograph taken in Bangkok, Siam, just after VJ-Day, 1945.

Fragment of a letter that Emile Thibault wrote to his brother Andre Thibault on November 3, 1944, when he was a Prisoner of War. Brother Andre kept the letter and, decades later, gave it to Emile.

Italian submarine gave itself up at Aden for lack of oil. Note the Aden rock in the background . Captured Italian Submarine, Aden Harbour, 1944.

Notice issued by German authorities to all prison camps after the Great Escape on March 28, 1944.

Photocopy of Telegram to Al Wallace's Mother, which notified her that her son had gone missing after an air operation, May 13, 1943. Photocopy of Telegram to Al Wallace's Mother which notified her that he had become a prisoner of war, June 4, 1943.

Armand Émond and his fellows Prisoners of War, planting potatoes in Poland, 1944.

Prisoner being decapitated by a Japanese soldier. Photograph taken with a camera belonging to a Japanese soldier who was later captured by the Allies.

Copy of Osaka Maru boat orders and regulations for prisoners taken by the Japanese Navy, 1944.

"May the Future be Happier!" A sketch drawn by E.B."Ted" Walsh, in Howard Large's logbook, of the POW camp Stalag IX (A or B) in Mülhausen, Germany. March 7,1945.

A sketch drawn by E.B.”Ted” Walsh in Howard Large's logbook of the POW camp Stalag IX (A or B) in Mülhausen, Germany. March 8, 1945. The camp’s entrance gate is pictured here.