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Category Archives: Witness to the War

Wartime Humanity.

Blog, During WWII, Military, Stories, Witness to the WarBy indoprojectAugust 19, 20111 Comment

By Joyce Kater, New Mexico, USA LITTLE MOMENTS OF HUMANITY AT WARTIME   Although this incident happened a lifetime ago in the Second World War in South East Asia, it still lingers in my memory.  It took place in the months before our family was torn apart and put in different Japanese concentration camps on Java…

Oom Piet

Military, POW TRIBUTE, Stories, Witness to the WarBy indoprojectJune 6, 20116 Comments

By Robert Vanderwaall, nephew Name:  Pieter Hendrik van der Waall Born:  July 3, 1921 Dutch East Indies Died:  July 5, 1993 Zoetermeer, Netherlands POW:  Thai-Burma Railway Pieter Hendrik van der Waall July 3, 1921 to July 5, 1993.  He was the brother of my father Charles.  During the war he was  a mechanic in the…

Escape

During WWII, Military, Stories, Witness to the WarBy indoprojectJune 4, 20113 Comments

By Tamara Fielding, New York, USA ADEK CAMP – BATAVIA (Jakarta) – August 1945 My mother was clairvoyant.  She always seemed to know things before they happened and had telling dreams.  News had penetrated Adek Camp that the Japanese had lost the war and freedom was near.  A rumor which we had heard before, but…

Winds of Change

During WWII, Military, Stories, Witness to the WarBy indoprojectJune 3, 2011Leave a comment

By Maartien Van Genderen, Washington, USA Winds of change were unmistakably headed for my homeland, the island nation of the former Dutch East Indies.  They came foreshadowed by foreboding events.  The Netherlands, our fatherland, fell victim to the unbridled war of the expansion of Hitler’s Third Reich in May 1940. Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl…

The Planes

During WWII, Memoir, Stories, Witness to the WarBy EmielSeptember 24, 20102 Comments

[Featured photo: Source: Wikepedia A6M2 Zero fighter] By Frans Krajenbrink, California, USA On May 10, 1940 Germany without warning invaded Holland The Dutch Army was no match for the German Army – the war lasted five days. Queen Wilhelmina and the Royal family escaped to Great Britain. On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japan…

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