ANATAHAN SURVIVORS - KAZUKO HIGA AND HER RESCUE PARTY, MEETING ELOUISE JOHNSON IN JUNE 1950. JUNJI INOUE SURRENDERING, HIS PERSONAL IMPLEMENTS, JUNE 1951. FILE CONTAINS COPY OF JIM PETER'S ARTICLE ON THE ANATAHAN GROUP, THE BOOK LOST MEN OF ANATAHAN (FUKAMI AND CROSS), AND A 1985 LETTER FROM MS. HIGA'S BROTHER - Reel 1993

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  • Photo 1 - Small boat approaches Anatahan (Northern Marianas) in June, 1950, prior to surrender of Japanese hold-out group from World War II. (N-1993.01).
  • Photo 2 - Kazuko Higa, the lone woman on Anatahan, the day of her surrender, June, 1950. (N-1993.02).
  • Photo 3 - Kazuko Higa poses with part of "rescue party" at Anatahan anchorage. Far right: Lt. Commander James Johnson. (N-34A/34B).
  • Photo 4 - Kazuko Higa sees another woman for the first time in six years at Charlie Dock, Saipan, June 1950. Woman on right is Elouise Johnson, wife of Deputy Civil Administrator, Saipan. ( N-1993.04).
  • Photo 5 - Junji Inoue, the day of his surrender at Anatahan, June, 1951. (N-1993.05).
  • Photo 6 - Junji Inoue reads document urging his compatriots to surrender. Scene aboard M.V. Cocopa, Anatahan, June 1951.
  • Photo 7 - Junji Inoue's personal implements. Note fiber zoris, coconut husk hat, knives fashioned from B-29 wreckage. (N-1993.07).
thumbnail image of: Small boat approaches Anatahan (Northern Marianas) in June, 1950, prior to surrender of Japanese hold-out group from World War II.
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thumbnail image of: Kazuko Higa, the lone woman on Anatahan, the day of her surrender, June, 1950.
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thumbnail image of: Kazuko Higa poses with part of 'rescue party' at Anatahan anchorage. Far right: Lt. Commander James Johnson.
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thumbnail image of: Kazuko Higa sees another woman for the first time in six years at Charlie Dock, Saipan, June 1950. Woman on right is Elouise Johnson, wife of Deputy Civil Administrator, Saipan.
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thumbnail image of:  Junji Inoue, the day of his surrender at Anatahan, June, 1951.
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thumbnail image of: Junji Inoue reads document urging his compatriots to surrender. Scene aboard M.V. Cocopa, Anatahan, June 1951.
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thumbnail image of: Junji Inoue's personal implements. Note fiber zoris, coconut husk hat, knives fashioned from B-29 wreckage.
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