Fukuoka 17

Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Fukuoka #17 - Omuta, Branch Prisoner of War Camp was a Japanese prisoner-of-war work camp located at the Mitsui Kozan Miike Kogyo-Sho coal mine and Mitsui Zinc Foundry in Shinminato-machi, Omuta-shi, Fukuoka-ken, Japan, during World War II. It was the largest POW camp in Japan.

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