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Aboard ship on way to States by Carr Hooper

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  • our welfare hinged as our conduct toward them as our captors who denied every request and refused every petition. We were required to bow and show proper accord to all visiting officials and when we declined by staying out of sight, by turning away form and frankly ignoring even the highest ranking officials. We were punished in every way possible by the commandant. Passes to visit the sick were cancelled, mass meetings were forbidden, no music allowed, no games to be played, etc., and later when the infamous Lietenant Obeka was installed, men, women, children, and sick were forced to line up and bow to the officer of the day, and to bow at all times to sentries or Japanese whom we might meet or pass. This became difficult in latter days when men and women were faint with hunger and starvation. And as the Japanese were defeated at all southern points regulations governing our conduct became more strict. We lived in constant blackout – no smoking, no lights, no fires from 6:00 p.m.
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