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Getting Through Fighter Activity
Mr. Dungey provides details of weather conditions and how horrifying the activity could be when getting caught in strong winds
Finding the Code and Dropping Freight
Mr. Dungey explains the process used to locate and drop freight to the soldiers in need.
Call Signs and Radio Silence
Mr. Dungey speaks about the call signs and search lights that indicated proper flight direction
Getting the Nerve to Fly
Mr. Dungey relates his experiences of flight training with an Australian Instructor
First Taste of Freedom
Mr. Billson describes arriving in Manila, being immunized by Australian nurses at an American hospital, and being given two hundred dollars American.
A-Bomb Aftermath
Mr. Billson describes viewing the devastation after the bombing of Nagasaki. The only intact things he sees are few porcelain toilets. He also describes how the blast had rolled all the sod up the surrounding hills.
A Dangerous Food Drop
Mr. Billson describes a terrible irony of being liberated. Two POWs are killed when pallets parachuted in by the Americans strike them.
The War Ends
Mr. Billson discusses how work in the mine suddenly ended, signaling Japanese capitulation, and how the guards were all gone the following day.
Crude Medicine
Mr. Billson describes two incidents where he received crude medical treatment. One was having a gash above his eye doused in alcohol and stitched without freezing, and the other was an aching tooth that was packed with cotton and soaked with carbolic acid.
Measures of Japanese Successes
Mr. Billson describes how the POW’s treatment by the guards generally mirrored Japan's successes and setbacks in the war.
I was put on a drill.
Mr. Billson describes his duties in the coal mine as a drill operator, the extraction procedure, and the potential risks of working in the mine.
Japanese Hierarchy Of Discipline
Mr. Billson describes the Japanese habit of slapping prisoners as a disciplinary measure, but explains that it is merely an extension of the Japanese military culture.
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