September 21, 1945

21- _____ More prisoners came on today. They are mostly Dutch. who were captured in Java.
_____ The hole ship went on a sightseeing tore of the City of Nagasaki where the second Atomic bomb hit. We left in sections one quarter at a time.
_____ Ship got under way at 1200 for Okinawa. One DD 378 was with us.

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Java was invaded by Japan in February of 1942, so the Dutch soldiers had been prisoners for more than 3 years.

Photo shows the sightseeing tour of Nagaski, only 6 weeks after the bombing.

DD 378 was the USS Smith.