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Bill Ausland A Jap Prisoner For Over Three Years
Emmetsburg residents recall Bill Ausland who spent over fifty months as a prisoner of the Japanese after serving on Wake Island during Pearl Harbor’s attack. He endured starvation, torture, and near death, yet survived the bloody defense and the long captivity before returning home.
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