File:98 rock, Wake Island.jpg

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Description98 rock, Wake Island.jpg	English: The "98 Rock" is a memorial for the 98 U.S. civilian contract POWs who were forced by their Japanese captors to rebuild the airstrip as slave labor, then were blind-folded and killed by machine gun Oct. 5, 1943. An unidentified prisoner escaped, and chiseled "98 US PW 5-10-43" ("98 US Prisoners of War 5 October 1943") on a large coral rock near their mass grave, on Wilkes Island at the edge of the lagoon. The prisoner was recaptured and beheaded by the Japanese admiral, who was later convicted and executed for war crimes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)
Date	12 January 2008
Source	https://media.defense.gov/2008/Jan/16/2000412578/-1/-1/0/080112-F-2034C-203.JPG
Author	U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo

Camera location	19° 17′ 29.86″ N, 166° 36′ 54.57″ E	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	19.291628; 166.615157

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This image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain in the United States.

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Camera manufacturer	NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model	NIKON D2X
Author	TSgt Shane Cuomo
Exposure time	1/1,600 sec (0.000625)
F Number	f/2.8
ISO speed rating	100
Date and time of data generation	10:38, 13 January 2008
Lens focal length	17 mm
Short title	080112-F-2034C-003
City shown	Hickam
Headline	Servicemembers search for POW/MIAs on Wake Island
Source	Digital
Image title	A memorial to prisoners of war is seen Jan. 12 on Wake Island. The "98 Rock" is a memorial for the 98 U.S. civilian contract POWs who were forced by their Japanese captors to rebuild the airstrip as slave labor, then blind-folded and killed by machine gun Oct. 5, 1943. An unidentified prisoner escaped, and chiseled "98 US PW 5-10-43" on a large coral rock near their mass grave, on Wilkes Island at the edge of the lagoon. The prisoner was recaptured and beheaded by the Japanese admiral, who was later convicted and executed for war crimes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	300 dpi
Vertical resolution	300 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS2 Macintosh
File change date and time	10:44, 16 January 2008
White point chromaticity	0.313 0.329
Chromaticities of primarities	0.64 0.33 0.21 0.71 0.15 0.06
Color space transformation matrix coefficients	0.299 0.587 0.114
Y and C positioning	Co-sited
Exposure Program	Normal program
Exif version	2.21
Date and time of digitizing	10:38, 13 January 2008
Meaning of each component	Y Cb Cr does not exist
Image compression mode	4
APEX exposure bias	0
Maximum land aperture	3 APEX (f/2.83)
Metering mode	Pattern
Light source	Unknown
Flash	Flash did not fire
DateTime subseconds	00
DateTimeOriginal subseconds	00
DateTimeDigitized subseconds	00
Supported Flashpix version	1
Color space	Uncalibrated
Sensing method	One-chip color area sensor
File source	Digital still camera
Scene type	A directly photographed image
Custom image processing	Normal process
Exposure mode	Auto exposure
White balance	Auto white balance
Digital zoom ratio	1
Focal length in 35 mm film	25 mm
Scene capture type	Standard
Scene control	None
Contrast	Normal
Saturation	Normal
Sharpness	Hard
Subject distance range	Unknown
GPS tag version	2.2.0.0
IIM version	2
Category	F
Special instructions	Erin Smith, SSgt, 15th Airlift Wing PA (RELEASED)
Province or state shown	Hawaii
Country shown	USA
Original transmission location code	Hawaii Air National Guard
Supported Flashpix version	1
Image width	3,000 px
Image height	1,959 px
Date metadata was last modified	04:44, 16 January 2008

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12 January 2008

19°17'29.861"N, 166°36'54.565"E

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