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Prisoner of War Brutality in Japanese Camps Revealed
A wartime report details the torture starvation and deaths of American and Filipino prisoners held by Japan. It cites the Bataan Corregidor campaigns including the death march and camps like O Donnell and Cabantuan with thousands dead and abused. It names officers McCoy Mellink and Dyess and notes Dyess was killed in a plane crash while returning to battle.
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Japan
Cameron Boys
Washington
Army
Navy
Bataan and
Corregidor
Philippines
O’donnell
Cabanatuan
Camp O’donnell
Melvyn H. McCoy
U.S.N
Indianapolis
S. M. Mellink
Coast Artillery
Dunmore
William E. Dyess
Air Corps
Albany
Texas
Dyess
Burbank
Calif
Mellink
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
McCoy
United States
Bataan
Mariveles
San Fernando
Pampanga
2&4 Hospital