File:98 rock, Wake Island.jpg
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English: The "98 Rock" is a memorial for the 98 U.S. civilian contract POWs who were forced by their Japanese captors to rebuild the airstrip as slave labor, then were blind-folded and killed by machine gun Oct. 5, 1943. An unidentified prisoner escaped, and chiseled "98 US PW 5-10-43" ("98 US Prisoners of War 5 October 1943") on a large coral rock near their mass grave, on Wilkes Island at the edge of the lagoon. The prisoner was recaptured and beheaded by the Japanese admiral, who was later convicted and executed for war crimes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo) |
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| Source | https://media.defense.gov/2008/Jan/16/2000412578/-1/-1/0/080112-F-2034C-203.JPG |
| Author | U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo |
| Camera location |   | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap |  |
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This image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain in the United States.
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| current | 02:28, 7 February 2008 | | 3,000 × 1,959 (1.41 MB) | wikimediacommons>Cornellrockey04 | {{Information |Description=Servicemembers search for POW/MIAs on Wake Island A memorial to prisoners of war is seen Jan. 12 on Wake Island. The "98 Rock" is a memorial for the 98 U.S. civilian contract POWs who were forced by their Japanese captors to reb |
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