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|Description ={{en|1=Survivors of the Japanese carrier ''Hiryu'' aboard the USS ''Ballard'' after being rescued at sea from a boat.}}
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|Description ={{en|1=Japanese prisoners of war on board USS ''Ballard'' (AVD-10) after being rescued from a lifeboat two weeks after the Battle of Midway. They were members of the aircraft carrier ''Hiryu''´s engineering force, left behind when she was abandoned on 5 June 1942, and had escaped in one of her boats just as she sank.}}
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|Source =Once Upon A Time In War http://demons.swallowthesky.org/tagged/World+War+II%3A+Pacific+Theater/
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|Source =Official U.S. Navy photo [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g70000/g79974c.htm 80-G-79974-1] from the U.S. Navy [http://www.history.navy.mil Naval History and Heritage Command]
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|Author =USN (Photo is part of the National Archives Photo 80-G-79974-1)
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|Date =1942-06

|Date =1942-06
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