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Inside a Philippine POW camp interview with Japanese prisoners
A YANK and interpreter interview more than a dozen Japanese prisoners in a camp near a river edge. Questions cover home towns, training, why they fight, treatment by MPs, and belief that the Emperor is God. The report contrasts two prisoner types: willing and coerced fighters, plus hard core killers.
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Guadalcanal
Bataan
Jitter
Leyte
Philipppines
Stockade
Japan
United States
America
Miyashi
Midway
Tarawa
Eniwetok
Saipan
Hollandia
Morotai
Philippines
Ifter
Surigao Strait
Pfc
Kagawee
Pfe