Running time
48 sec
Date made
Copyright
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Transcript
Most of the time, when you're working in Japan, you worked in the rain and snow, clothes got soaking wet. Some of the guys were too tired to change, and the killer over in Japan was pneumonia. So I did everything in my power to make sure and as soon as I got home I'd change to warm clothes.
Always have a change of clothes. As I say, some guys were too tired, and a lot of guys, you could tell they'd been a prisoner of war for so long, they'd had enough. And because of sickness, you could tell that they didn't want to fight on anymore.
