Daily Routine At Japs Horror Camp Reveals Prisoner Abuse
The Nichols field slave camp near Manila held American prisoners in Pasay. Detainees awoke at 6:15 a.m to a Japanese sentry and brutal roll calls. They endured a starvation diet of fish parts and watery soups, collapsing from dysentery malaria and beriberi. Many suffered severe arthritis and fatigue, recalling the Bataan death march.
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Nichols Field
Manila
INS
Poe Manila
Pasay Eaeh
Nichols
Bataan
Prisoner Walk to Nichols Field Under Brutal Japanese Rule
Amid a brutal march, American prisoners endure beatings, starvation, and fear as Japanese guards taunt and assault them. Sentries club limbs, break backs, and force a grueling relay of labor at gravel pits under a starving, abusive regime.
SAY WAR BONDS AND ASK FOR ST JOSEPH ASPIRIN
War bonds aside, the ad urges buying aspirin by name St Joseph as the fastest, most dependable relief for headaches. It claims wide coast to coast distribution and positions aspirin as the first choice, highlighting 10 cent and 35 cent sizes and urging value over higher prices.
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St. Joseph
St. Jo
Sniper Sarge Sails Into 130 Axis Kills
With the Seventh Army in Alsace Sergeant Horace West from Wagor Oklahoma says he has 130 enemy killed since Sicily. He reflects on killing, firepower over skill, and recalls mentoring a young rifleman who later died in action. He notes his shift from Tommy gun to rifle in later campaigns.
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Seventh Army
Alsace
Horace Theodore West
Okla
Cooksop
Sicily
West
Arau
Italy
Fox hunt puzzled by dog collar on fox near Freeport
In Stephenson County Illinois members of a sportsmen club ended a fox hunt with a surprise when the fox wore a dog collar. None of the hunters could explain the collar’s origin.
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Freeport, Ill
Stephenson County Sportsmen’s Club
Berlin Goeson by Goop Bomb Confounds Fire Crews
Washington reports Berlin fears an incendiary weapon nicknamed the goop bomb. Swedish sources say a 1 200 plane RAF raid on Monday produced 25 000 to 30 000 casualties, though the share from the incendiaries remains unclear.
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Washington
OWI
Stockholm
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