Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 September 1945 — Page 22

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y JOSEPH F, McDONALD JR. United Press Staff Correspondent MANILA, Sept. ~The Nita ‘Maru's log from Wake island to ‘Shanghai showed a trip of 13 days, Tr us, the survivors of Wake island, rrowded in the stinking hold of the prison ship, beaten py the guards, sweated by the heat of the engines, frozen by the chill nights, it seemed

er found them.

not to disobey orders, tagonism, raise our voices,

ables that might have been missed. I hid my watch and ring in a seam in my trousers. The Japs nev-

When we left Wake,. the Japs gave ‘us mimeographed sheets telling us how to act. They warned us show anmove

suards was to line us up for an

voyage - without end. One of the favorite tricks of the

ur or two, once or twice a day,

without orders or use more than two blankets. ° The Jap instructions said, “Those co-operating with Japan in constructing the ‘new order of the great

Asia’ which leads to the world peace will be well treated.” As we went through the freight

nove was beaten, While we were Zneeling they searched us for valu-

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entrance aboard the “Nita Maru” Jap troops took our baggage and searched us. We had been told to take all the luggage we wanted and we realized then why the Japs had been so altruistic. They took our watches, rings, pens, wallets and other valuables, Jammed Into Hold Then we were jammed into the hold with barely enough room to stretch. Some in the lower holds could not lle down because the floor of the hold actually was the side of the ship slanting upward. We lay in the holds from 1 a. m. to midnight. The heat was stifling and the hatches were battened down tight. We all were suffering from intense thirst. We waited, When the ship finally began mov-

ing, the heat became worse, We were | which to the Japs were deadly se on August 25 the first United States the engine-room and there] rious; | sign would read,

near was no ventilation, Not until evening of the next day | did we get anything to eat or The food was horrible. It consisted of a small bowl of barley gruel and a dried, smelly six-inch fish, Most of us couldn't eat the mess, and those who did became violently ill. Nearly Froze As we moved northward, we all | seemed to freeze, We were dressed in light clothing and our blood was |

thinned by the heat of Wake island | and the furnace-like heat during the| first few days in the hold. Our only. sanitary facilities were two fivegallon cans per hold which were only occasionally emptied, We were fed twice d#ily through- | out the voyage, on barley gruel and dried fish. Once we had a bit of canned salmon and everyone agreed it was the best thing they ever had eaten, The guards were constantly in and out of the hold, beating the men with clubs on the least provo- | cation. After several days of freezing the guards threw us some of the | clothes they had taken from us. Not enough to go around, so some only | got sun helmets,

Kept In Holes

On the 7th day we reached Yokohama harbor, but we were kept in the holds below the deck during the three-day layover. A handful of | the men were allowed on deck to be interviewed by the Japenese press, When it seemed we could stand | our imprisonment no longer the ship moved again and three days! later, Jan, 24, 1942, docked at the Woo Sung docks near Shanghal. Many of the prisoners were foo weak to climb the ladders from the holds without help. We lined up on the docks in- a chill drizzle and a cold wind, Many, too weak to stand, sat on the ground. Several with frostbitten feet were writhing in pain. There was no medical aid. For hours we awaited arrangements for the inevitable Japanese ceremony, We had to listen to a speech | from the navy commander as he| turned us over to the army. Then the army commander welcomed us to Shanghai. The interminable ceremonies were over at last, Cold and weak, we started the five-mile march to our

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new home. The movement helped restore our circulation, The main object of the Japs, I learned during three years imprisonment at Shanghai, was very sim-~ ple. They aimed to break our spirit and make us completely submissive. All except the very aged or seriously sick were made to work at some kind of job. : In their effort to put us in our place, the Japs tried everything from cutting our tobacco ration to starvation, torture and cold-blooded

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

vip 13 Days Of Hell, Wake Survivor pe

dropped food, medicine, tobacco and notes—notes in good old Americanese—"“Hang on, gang, it won't be long now.” On August 28 We got word fo prepare for big relief drops. B-29s bombarded us with every conceivable need. Our eyes bugged out at the size of the huge bombers. Then | we captured the city, Our small, sickly bedraggled army, deliriously happy, took over the town. It was our first taste of freedom in more than three years.

Yanks Send Home More Than Wage

LONDON, Sept. 20-(U, P.).~ American troops stationed in Berlin last month sent home

furniture” or “I have not obey.” The Japanese had told us when we arrived at the camp that they did not believe in international law or the Geneva convention but were

Shided solely by the code of bushi- a dispatch’ in the army newspaper

Stars and Stripes said today.

They showed a ridiculous {gnorThe dispatch said the woops’

ance of American character. Time

more money than they were paid,

murder, A favorite trick of theirs

after time they tried to make us lose face. A prisoner caught stealing a cucumber from a farm where he worked, for example, was made to walk through camp with a cucumber tied to a string around his

Moving in a dream" of happiness we reached Yokohama by train on September 6 and were met by American froops and nurses. We were with friends. We were free. We were going home.

payroll for the month totaled $3,044,000, but the amount sent home in money orders was $3,153,000.

“Today's figures indicate that

was to punish a whole group of prisoners for the trivial offense of one man We all would be kicked

or beaten, or made to stand at at-

tention for many hours. Men were forced to wear signs

to us they were funny. Al “1 have broke the’

neck, Usually we got a great kick out of this kind of punishment. The Japs thought they were breaking us

Berlin is a gambler’s paradise— everybody wins,” the dispatch said.

TREE YIELDS CHICLE WASHINGTON.—Sapodilla trees, native to tropical America, yield a highly~prized edible fruit, but are

completely.

This was in reference to the Prisoners cried like babies when

average G. 1s explanation that he won the extra money in a local crap game,

more appreciated in the United States perhaps becalise the bark yields a milky latex known as chicle, the basis of chewing gum.

planes flew over the camp, wagging their wings in recognition. They

THURSDAY, SEPT: 20, 1048

KOREA OCCUPATION

SEOUL, Korea, Sept. 15 (Delayed) —(U, P.).—Maj. Gen. Archibald V, Arnold, military governor of Korea, {said today that the American occu-

irom one to 15 years. “We will give Korea back to the Koreans when they are qualified to govern the country,” he sald-in an interview. “I've told Koreans that might be in one year, 10 years or 15. years.” Arnold, a husky former all-Amer-ican football player who led the 7th division from Attu to Okinawa, said the Americans were having a hard time finding Koreans with integrity and efficiency to take over governiment jobs from the Japanese.

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