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Ex-US POWS visit Japan recall wartime horrors
Seven former prisoners of war aged in their 90s visited Tokyo under government auspices to reflect on World War II. They toured Heiwajima Island ruins near Omori camp sites, recalled hunger and reconstruction, and spoke on memories from Wake Island Guam Yokkaichi and other camps.
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Japan
Tokyo
Omori
Bill
Sanchez
Heiwajima Kannon
Tokyo Bay
Heiwajima
Peace Island
Oral C. Nichols
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Wake Island
Pacific
Shanghai
Nichols
Jack Schwartz
Hanford
California
California Institute of Technology
Navy Civil Engineer Corps
Guam
Zentsuji
Shikoku Island
Temple University
Schwartz
China
Asia
U.S
William Sanchez
Monterey Park
Calif
United States