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6th August 2014, 05:53 AM
#11
Re: Japanese Who could speak English
Originally Posted by
Dennis McGuckin
Hi Keith,
Believe it was called.
Merchant Navy at war.
Pal of mine got it on Shaw cable.
He really enjoyed it.
nds like the one I got afew years back, our local supermarket was giving them free to anyone who was interested.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller
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8th August 2014, 01:12 AM
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Re: Japanese Who could speak English
In Lo Yang they must have been about 200 hundreds of us POWs all MN and Navy guys and we had a guy we called Tibby i never found out his real name he was a ex rubber plant manager from Malay and he could speak and understand the Japaneses language that was a big help for us but he also got a few hidings like us he was a wee tubby guy but he soon lost that tubby look .
it was one day that i remember that he got a hiding it all started when one of our guys was caught by the Japs stealing some soap from the Japs shower area and he was given a very server punishment in front of us all .
Then Tibby stepped forward to protest to the Senior Jap Officer and a he also got a beating .
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