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He Really Enjoyed Slapping us Around
Mr. Peters describes having to work at Kai Tek airport no matter how ill you were, and gives his impression of the guards, particularly the “Kamloops Kid.”
The Diphtheria Started; Oh, That’s a Horrible Disease!
Mr. Peters describes various disease with which he and other prisoners were afflicted.
We Knew Damn Well we Wouldn’t Have a Hope in Hell
Mr. Peters describes being pessimistic about their chances to defend Hong Kong against overwhelming Japanese superiority.
You Needed Three men to Move It
Mr. Peters compares the three types of machine guns used by the Winnipeg Grenadiers in Hong Kong.
The People Were Dying off Like Flies
Mr. Murphy describes North Point POW camp - poor accommodations, meagre rations and disease.
You Can’t say, “I’m not Going.”
Mr. Murphy describes his final action before being forced to surrender to the Japanese.
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.
Is the War Over or Not?.
Mr. White describes events in Sham Shui Po that indicated that the war was ending.
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.
The Cost of Information
Mr. White describes being in the Kai Tek airport work gangs, and the cost of the subversion which occurred there.
POW Diseases
Mr. White discusses the large variety of diseases experienced by inmates of the POW camps.
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.
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