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We Started to Dig a Big Pit to Bury Them In
Mr. White describes trying to evacuate and bury the dead from a bombed out residence, and being thwarted by a mortar attack.
A Close Call With Grenades
Mr. White describes an amusing but frightening experience shortly after the surrender of Hong Kong.
Help From A Japanese Guard
Mr. White describes an amusing experience involving some local peddlers and a helpful Japanese guard.
The Kamloops Kid
Mr. White describes a notorious and extremely abusive Japanese guard, aka the Kamloops Kid, a Japanese Canadian who returned home to help with Japan’s war effort.
POW Diseases
Mr. White discusses the large variety of diseases experienced by inmates of the POW camps.
The Cost of Information
Mr. White describes being in the Kai Tek airport work gangs, and the cost of the subversion which occurred there.
Red Cross Parcels
Mr. White discusses how important the Red Cross supply packages were to the POW’s, and how everything in them was shared among the inmates.
Is the War Over or Not?.
Mr. White describes events in Sham Shui Po that indicated that the war was ending.
He had a Kitbag Full of Grenades
Mr. Murphy describes general fighting conditions in Hong Kong. He talks about close combat and its toll - his brother died beside him. And he becomes very emotional about having killed one of the enemy.
You Can’t say, “I’m not Going.”
Mr. Murphy describes his final action before being forced to surrender to the Japanese.
The People Were Dying off Like Flies
Mr. Murphy describes North Point POW camp - poor accommodations, meagre rations and disease.
I got Alongside of a Porthole
Mr. Murphy describes being selected for labour camp, the boat ride to Nagasaki, and moving into the Omine mining camp.
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