Leaves From A War Correspondent Notebook
A wartime column recalls a light moment at an American air base with Capt. John R. Brown and soldiers joking about manicures. It contrasts front line care with home comforts, and notes soldiers’ homesickness and desire to return to active service, reflecting on duty and conscience.
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Dec
John R. Brown
Wilson W. Hopkins
Durham
N. C
Brown
Cliffwood Avenue
Baltimore
Jerved Alphe G. Jarreau
New Orleans
Hopkins
America
Italy
French Workers Urged to Ignore Allied Strike Appeals
Barcelona dispatch reports the Vichy government urged French workers to ignore underground and Allied radio appeals for a general strike. The communique warns strikes are illegal and would be forced down if needed. It notes pro German collaborationists and a wave of arrests across France.
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Barcelona
France
Pierre Laval
Pierre Arnand
Miners’ Federation
Faure Pulguely
Lyon Court of Appeals
Action Francaise
Nippon War With Soviet Seen By Prisoner In China
A 25 year old Japanese POW Masakasa Funabashi told visiting military attaches in northern Hunan that Japan is rushing Manchuria preparations and that war with Russia is regarded as inevitable by his comrades. He wore a padded blue Chinese uniform, with planes audible in the background as Russian and British observers listened near an air raid shelter.
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Hunan
Osaka
Japan
Manchuria
Russia
Masakasa Funabashi
Soviet Union
Prisoners describe war weariness and tasting Chinese cuisine
Punabashi a corporal in the 17th infantry, 34th division, reports some Japanese soldiers growing tired of the war after their capture near Hsinkien Kiangsi two months earlier. Sgt Shirose Okashi a 25 year old Army engineer is quieter but shares a similar sentiment about the conflict.
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Punabashi
17Th Infanty Regiment
Hsinkien
Kiangsi
Shirose Okashi
Funabashi
Notable Interrogator Ties to Russian Attache Lens
The passage notes diverse beliefs and interests among his people who generally disliked war. Among the interrogators was Lt.-Col. P. P. Voronin, assistant military attache of the Russian.
Prisoner Receives Aid as General Reacts to Unarmed Enemies
Gen. Min Hsieh Mins noted the enemy was unarmed and a prisoner and gave him 20 Chinese dollars to buy oranges. The remark highlighted the perceived pitiable state of the foe while prompting humanitarian assistance in the field.
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Min Hsieh-Mins
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