Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXVII, Number 21, 16 September 1942 — JAPANESE CAPTIVES TAKEN [ARTICLE]

JAPANESE CAPTIVES TAKEN

< *Fōur bundred and nfty Jai>anQi war, lakeu xil i Tulagl-Gun(l,'ilc:an»l ' arcji, li av u [ reacl»od a port outside the immedi-' ate tjieatqr uj operaUoQs,", racific J?*eet reveale4. il ' ! The. Trra*Jorlty ōī the prlsonera wei e .ta, «nw Gua<Jalcanal incident to laud ing and shorē operationts by Pacific Floet forces on and since Aug

£onsiBt ol Japanese naval laudlng Torof> i»ersonnel— couuter part o!,our U. S. Marineij — wlio were oo sliore deJLeadiug tlio lnusu§. in tbe m'ea. utid of labor U'oopp wlio wi'i'u buililing iui aiifield. "The outslandiug featuro iu Uie, cai)tures of those prispenra is llu | eueh 0111* expecte4 to idilcd, ' The huniane treatmcnt, Ihe furnishii)g of medical aUenlion. and clothing, \vas so surprisijaa to the captives that maiiy expressed a desire never to return to Japan. Thls attitude is understandablp sijice aceording to the Japanese code any man missing after a hattle is deelared legally dead. .His family 1 ie- pald a death gratuity-.and.he is i *posthumc)usly' raised one rank. Ile j hecomes a man wit.hout a country.j | "Thls capfure by Unitcd Statesj j forces of a large number of Japan- J

ese prisoners is the first step towara balancing the losses we suffered by capture at Wake, Guam atid Bataan. It is hoped that our Rilid handling of prisoners will be matched by the Japanese in their treatment of our personnei."