JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR Prison guards
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John Baxter was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and held first on Java. He was then transported to a camp on mainland Japan near Kyushu a coal mining area. Here he describes life in the camp - and how one prison guard was surprisingly friendly.
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3 Comments so far
from Frank Martin 2009-05-07 13:31:56
Doesn't sound quite as vicious as the stereotypical japanese prison. Still doesn't sound great.
from boban tanovic 2009-03-29 20:59:08
after any sort of radioactive exposure you want to be eating seaweeds ...
from Stuart Prebble 2009-03-29 07:31:42
Fascinating to get an account of life in a Japanese prisoner of war camp from a real experience. We're so used to seeing everything from "Bridge over the River Kwai" to "Tenko", that to hear the true story gives an especially interesting perspective.
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