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Aboard ship on way to States by Carr Hooper

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  • Japan imprisoned 9000-10000 American prisoners of war. Of these 535 of these are said to be alive. Those of Japan and Mancheria have little or no chance of survival. The treatment of these men has been accounted many Times and has not been or can it ever be fully told in its gruesome fetail. We, who were civilians were fortunate beings and know how fortunate we are to simply be alive. You have not been intermed and cannot imagine your worst dream or movie horror story half as had as that March from Bataan. Japan interned in Santo Tomas ans Los Bonas 6399 men, women, and children irrespective of age or state of health and failed to provide food, bedding, or adequate space toilet of sanitary facilities, or medicane. Japan rejected every rightful petition and protest against inhumane treatment and beat, shot, and beheaded civilians for no military crime. Japan, faced with the fact that friendly powers and Filipinos would be shocked at our outright massacre, deliberately set about
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