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To: 353FMG

Wow, that sounds like an interesting story, did they have to stay there, were they evacuated, or were they natives, or what?


29 posted on 04/22/2023 1:31:25 PM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: ansel12

As Europeans (Dutch) we were considered by the Japanese as enemies and adult men were taken prisoner to be sent to Japan as slave labor. Transportation was by japanese merchant ship which was targeted by US subs. The Dutch living on Java were members of the ABCD (American, British, Chinese, Dutch) countries and considered Allies against the Japanese and all eligible for slave labor in Japan.


33 posted on 04/22/2023 2:33:09 PM PDT by 353FMG (Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
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