Finding Our POWs - The Recovery and Evacuation of POWs from Japan, 1945

Folder 9: List of Allied Military Personnel Evacuated from Nagasaki to Okinawa and American and Allied Military and Civilian Personnel Evacuated at Dejima Docks, Nagasaki, Kyushu on 14 September 1945. Ship listed is the U.S.S. LST-795.

Evacuated military personnel include British officers, a Dutch officer, British enlisted, Australian enlisted, U.S. enlisted, Dutch enlisted, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, British Army, British Royal Navy, British Royal Marines, Australian Army, Australian Navy, British Royal Army Medical Corps, Dutch Army, Dutch Navy, Dutch Marines, Canadian Army and Norwegian Merchant Marine. Evacuated civilians include U.S. and British.

NAGASAKI Dejima evacuees Sept. 16, 1945 (RG 407 Box 1529) - Book VI

Folder 7: List of American and Allied Military Prisoners of War Evacuated from Dejima Docks, Nagasaki, Kyushu, on 16 September 1945.

Evacuated military POWs include U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, US Marines, British Army, British Navy, British Marines, Australian Army, Australian Navy, Dutch Army, Dutch Navy, Dutch Marines, Canadian Army, New Zealand Air Force, British Royal Army Medical Corps, and Norwegian Merchant Marine (see Folder 9 for the original of this roster). There is also a Dutch national listed on page 160, with the American Army. (NOTE: Better copies of these lists are in Folder 9.) Evacuated civilians include U.S. and British, Dutch, Norwegian and Czechoslovakian.

Wakayama evacuees Sept. 16-17, 1945 (RG 407 Box 1529) - Book VII

Folder 8: List of American and Allied Military Prisoners of War Evacuated through Wakayama, Honshu on 15-16 September 1945. Ships include U.S.S. Hopping, U.S.S. Cabildo, U.S.S. Sanctuary and U.S.S. Consolation.

Evacuated military POWs and civilians include U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, Dutch Army, Dutch Navy, Dutch Air Force and Dutch civilians, Australian Army, U.S. Army, New Zealand Army, British Royal Air Force, British Navy, Australian Air Force, British Marine Corps, Irish (in British Army), Armenians, New Zealanders, British Army, Australian Navy and Americans.

NAGASAKI Dejima evacuees Sept. 21, 1945 (RG 407 Box 1529) - Books V thru IX

Folder 6: List of American and Allied Military POWs Evacuated from Dejima Docks, Nagasaki, Kyushu on 21 September 1945. Military and civilian evacuees. 206 pages.

U.S. Army, Dutch Army; U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Dutch Navy; British Army, U.S. and Dutch civilians; Australian Army, British Merchant Navy, British Navy, British Merchant Marine, Dutch Marines; Canadian Army, South African Navy, British Royal Navy, British Royal Air Force, British civilians, Canadian, Irish and Scottish civilians, British Royal Marines, South African Royal Navy, Miscellaneous (Dutch, Chinese, Australian, Irish and New Zealander), British Marines and Australian Navy evacuee rosters.

Folder 7: List of American and Allied Military POWs Evacuated from Dejima Docks, Nagasaki, Kyushu on 16 September 1945. (NOTE: Only folder cover photographed)
Folder 8: List of American and Allied Military POWs Evacuated through Wakayama, Honshu on 15-16 September 1945. (NOTE: Only folder cover photographed)
Folder 9: List of Allied Military Personnel Evacuated from Nagasaki to Okinawa and American and Allied Military and Civilian Personnel Evacuated at Dejima Docks, Nagasaki, Kyushu on 14 September 1945. (NOTE: Only folder cover photographed)
Folder 10: Roster of Dutch Military Ex-Prisoners of War

POWs evacuated from Nagasaki Dejima Docks 1945-09-17 to 22 (RG 407 Box 1530)

Folder 5: Book V - List of American and Allied Military Prisoners of War Evacuated at Dejima Docks, Nagasaki, Kyushu on 17 Sept 1945. Includes American, Dutch, British, Welsh, Scottish, Australian and Indian military personnel and civilians.
Folder 6: Book IV - List of American and Allied Military Prisoners of War Evacuated at Dejima Docks, Nagasaki, Kyushu on 20 Sept 1945. Includes Dutch, Australian, British and American military personnel and civilians.
Folder 7: Book III - List of American and Allied Military Prisoners of War Evacuated at Dejima Docks, Nagasaki, Kyushu on 22 Sept 1945. Includes British, Dutch, Canadian, Australian, Irish and Scottish military personnel and civilians.

Repatriated POW passenger lists, Nagasaki (RG 407 Box 1530)

Folder 2: List of Repatriated Prisoners of War from Japan - Passengers on USS Rooks, Benevolence, HMS Speaker, USS Monitor, USAHS Marigold, USS San Juan, Ozark, HMHS Tjitjalengka, USS Barr, Rescue, Reeves, Gosselin, Stafford, Haven, Greene, Jack Miller and Mobile.
Also, rosters of ex-POWs left at Nagasaki FFT (for further transfer), evacuated RAMPs (Rescued Allied Military Prisoners) and those to be transported by air. Includes Dutch, British, Indian, Norwegian, American, Canadian, Australian, Italian, Russian, Irish, Burmese, Greek, Filipino, Argentina, New Zealand, Chinese, Hong Kong, South African, Korean, Ceylonese, Finnish, Estonian and Belgian military personnel and civilians.
NOTE: Many duplicates, triplicates and quadruplicates not photographed. Otherwise, all pages photographed, including a few duplicates. Some duplicates have additional hand-written information. Some pages have paper strips glued or stapled over identifying headings, and so are photographed twice (to show all information). Messy folder. Many pages torn or in poor condition.

Repatriated POW passenger lists, USS Rescue and USS San Juan (RG 407 Box 1530)

Folder 4: Bk II - List of American and Allied military personnel evacuated from Sendai, Kamaiski, Ohase, Hanawana, Sakata, Morioka, Hanoaka, Kosaka, Odate and Fukushama Camp on USS Rescue and San Juan, Japan 1945. Includes Chinese, African, British, American, Dutch, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Javanese, Greek, Turkish, Spanish, South African, Arabian, Indian, Irish and Norwegian military personnel and civilians.

PHILIPPINES Passenger Lists July 9, 1945 (RG 407 Box 1529)

Dutch, American, Italian, Chinese, French, Stateless, British, British Indian, Swiss and Panamanian passengers on the following ships: USS Clarence Roberts, USS General Bundy, USS Langfette, USS General Sturgis, USS Marine Panther, USS Sea Skimmer, USS Octorara, USS Marine Fox, USS General Pope.

Recovered military civilian rosters (RG 407 Box 1523 Folder 1)

Roster of American Military and Civilian Personnel, American Naval Personnel, Dutch and Italian Military Personnel at Receiving Station Hospital, 29th Replacement Depot. Sept 1945. Includes British, New Zealand, American (including "Hawaiian"), Greek, Norwegian, Italian, Chinese, Czech, Belgian, Dutch, Australian and French former civilian and military internees and POWs (men, women, children).

Repatriated POW passenger lists (RG 407 Box 1528)

Folder 1: Passenger Lists - HMAS Quiberon, USS Howze, Rescue, Storm King, Tyron, Periva, USA Staff, USS Bolivar, SS Maunganui, USS Klipfontaine and Admiral Hughes. Includes Australian, American, Norwegian, British, Canadian, French, Dutch, Filipino and Belgian military and civilian evacuees. March 19, 2019. Only a few pages photographed, mostly the title pages to the passenger lists. All USS Klipfontaine pages photographed.
Folder 2: Passenger Lists - USS Marigold, Porter, Panama Express, Ozark, Empress of Australia and HMS Glory and Implacable. Includes American, Canadian, British, Australian and Indian military and merchant marine evacuees. Only a few pages photographed, mostly the title pages to the passenger lists.
Folder 3: Passenger Lists - USS Admiral Hughes, Gen. Pope, Lurline, HMS Lothian, USAT Gen. Brewster, HMS Formidable, USS Mexico, USAT Calamaris, HMS Colossus, Prince Robert and Slinger. Includes Australian, American, British, Turkish, Canadian, Norwegian, Dutch, Filipino, Swiss, French, Lithuanian, Russian, New Zealand, Belgian, Malayan, Porotuguese, Chinese and Greek military and civilian evacuees. Only a few pages photographed, mostly the title pages to the passenger lists. All USAT General Brewster pages photographed.
Folder 4: Final Report of Ramps and Repatriates Processed in Marianas Area. Includes Canadian, Hong Kong and American (among other nationalities) military and civilian evacuees. Thick folder. Mostly American and Canadian evacuees. Only a few pages photographed.
Folder 5: Passenger Lists - USS General Collins, Brazil, Unamed Boat (SO 136 Neth HQ 5th RD), HMS Circassian, USS La Porte, Lletitia, Pitt, HMCHS Letitia, HMS Implacable, USS Marine Jumper and Vasna. Includes British, American Filipino, Spanish, Dutch, Swiss, Swedish, French, Canadian, Australian, Italian, Chinese, Belgian, Norwegian, Syrian, French-Indo-Chinese and Malayan military and civilian evacuees. Only a few pages photographed, mostly the title pages to the passenger lists. All Vasna, unnamed boat (SO 136 Neth HQ 5 RD), HMS Circassian and HMS Implacable pages photographed.
Folder 6: Passenger Lists - USS West Point. Includes American, British, French, Irish, Swedish and FIlipino civilian evacuees. (Norwegian evacuee crossed off list.) All pages photographed.

Recovered military unit rosters (RG 407 Box 1523)

Folder 2: Roster of Troops, Co. G, 14th Infantry - Filipino names.
Folder 3: Roster of Troops, Co. H, 14th Infantry - Filipino names.
Folder 4: Roster of Troops, 14th Infantry (Cos "E," "G," "H," "I," "K," "L," "M," HQ and Sv and Medical) 1942-44. Includes Roster of Troops, "C" Co, 14th Infantry 1942-48, Headquarters, Northern Luzon; Co E; Co I; Co K; Co L; Co M; and Medical Company.
Folder 5: Rosters of Officers and Enlisted Men, Recovered Personnel. HQ Sixth Liaison Team. 26 Sept 1945. Includes Dutch (page 1), Australian and American recovered military personnel.
Folder 6: HQ and Service Co 1113 - 14th Infantry. Includes Filipino and unknown nationality names.
Folder 7: Roster of unit "K" Co, 3rd Bn, 3rd Regt, Boone's Guerrillas, ECLGA, Bataan MD; Includes civilian and military personnel. All Filipino names.
Folder 8: Roster of Personnel Attached to Recovered Personnel Teams. 33rd Div, 136th Inf. Includes Americans and Dutch recovered military personnel.
Folder 9: Complete Roster of All Staff Members, Hiroshima POW Camps 1942-45 - military and civilian. Includes Branch Camps 1-9, Zentsuji, Niihama, Hibi, Mukojima, Innoshima, Omine, Ube, Motoyama and Ohama.
Folder 10: Roster of Personnel, Provisional Company, Under CO Capt H.E. Marr, Jr… and Roster of Officers Assigned and Attached to the Visayan-Mindanao Force - American military personnel.
Folder 11: Roster of unit "E" Co, 2nd Bn, 1st Prov Regt, Boone's Guerrillas, ECLGA, Bataan MD 31 May 1945. Includes civilian and military personnel. All Filipino names.
Folder 12: Roster of Troops, Officers' Refresher School, 108th Div. Camp Overton, June 30, 1945. Military personnel. All Filipino names.
Folder 13: Roster of Troops, "C" Co, 14th Inf 1942. All Filipino names.
Folder 14: Monthly Roster, 14th Inf PA (Officers) 1942. American Military Personnel.
Folder 15: Roster (Monthly) 121st Inf April 1945. Military personnel. All Filipino names.

More repatriation rosters:
Passenger lists for scores of repatriation ships; POWs evacuated to the US, Australia, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Netherland East Indies
Recovered civilians (RG 407 Box 200):

Folder 11: Civilians, Allied - Recovered POWs from India-Burma Theater and Java. Includes Dutch, American and German civilians.
Folder 12: Civilians, Allied - Recovered POWs from Japan. Includes Danish, French, Italian, Swiss, Filipino and British-Indian civilians.
Folder 13: M.S. Gripsholm. Passengers aboard. List of October 13, 1943. American passengers only.

The Recovery and Evacuation of POWs
from Japan, Aug.-Sept. 1945

"Those are our boys, go and get them"

Remembering the Days of Liberation

"An indescribable scene of jubilation and emotion"

Task Group 38.1 - USS Belleau Wood Report

The same Task Group also took part in this momentous event:

Task Group 38.1 Report

Task Group 38.3 - USS Wasp Report

Task Group 30.6 Report

British Token Force (Task Group 38.5, 30.8)

Fifth Fleet Report

Task Group 55.6 - USS Mugford Report

Task Group 55.7 - USS Haven Report

Task Unit 56.5.2 - USS Hopping Report

Task Group 30.6 - USS Rescue Report

See also:

Original Documents:

The Recovery and Evacuation of POWs from Japan, Aug.-Sept. 1945