Antrim, Richard Nott
Rank: Commander
Organization: U.S. Navy
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Today they would be charging him with interfering with the guard doing his duties.....
He was so successful am surprised a couple of the other prisoners didn’t figure he was collaborating with the enemy.
Of course, the Japanese didn’t have much use for POW’s, their thought being you were a man to die for your Emperor and only a coward would surrender.
As a rule the US Naval POW’s were treated somewhat ‘milder’ by the Japanese Naval types, guess something to do with the ‘go down to the sea in ships’ code.
The Army and fishermen didn’t share the Navy’s view and I guess NO one had any quarter cut when they were being transported to the Home Island, often using the POW Transports as bait or as ‘targets’ to protect the fleet.
Surprised in April 42 they didn’t kill him outright. This citation always gets to me.