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Tag Archives: POW

Indo Movie Highlight: The Past Ended on Mango Street

History, Movie, StoriesBy The Indo ProjectJanuary 25, 20224 Comments

A Search for the Truth Interview with Thomas Watson by Patricia Teunisse, Secretary of The Indo Project. Also published in Moesson International. On October 31, 2021, The Indo Project and Moesson attended the Netherlands premiere of The Past Ended on Mango Street. The documentary is the vision of Thomas Watson, who  narrates the film and…

Iris on her pony alongside her brothers

Sapphire Promise: From Privilege to POW

History, StoriesBy The Indo ProjectJanuary 17, 20229 Comments

A Young Indo Woman Displays Courage, Cunning, and Hope By Sally Brandle The author notes that Iris passed away early December 2021, just short of her 98th birthday before this article was published. Iris, the little girl on the left, and her brothers are the descendants of an Indo maternal grandmother, a French countess paternal…

Opa: Dutch for Hero.

After Immigration, Blog, During WWII, Family Story, Immigration, POW TRIBUTEBy indoprojectFebruary 7, 20121 Comment

By Jason A. Dixon, grandson   Name: Richard E. Coert Born:   October 5, 1922, Dutch East Indies Died:   October 17, 2003, California, USA POW:   Burma-Siam Railway Richard E. Coert was born in 1922 in what is now Indonesia, where he grew up.  He dreamed of becoming a pilot in the Dutch air…

Sumatra Railway.

Blog, Books, During WWII, Memoir, Military, Stories, Witness to the WarBy indoprojectJanuary 12, 2012Leave a comment

By Jan Krancher Book:  Ambushed under the Southern Cross Author:  Capt. George W. Duffy Highly decorated Capt. George W. Duffy has authored the book “Ambushed under the Southern Cross . . . The Making of an American Merchant Marine Officer and His Ensuing Saga of Courage and Survival”.  Among several of his experiences, he also…

Indo Profile William Paatje Boon

Paatje Boon

During WWII, Family Story, Immigration, Indo Profile, Memoir, POW TRIBUTE, Profiles, Witness to the WarBy indoprojectDecember 6, 201113 Comments

By Sylvia Boon Couto, daughter Name:  William Boon Born:    December 17, 1917, Java, Dutch East Indies Died:    June 10, 2011, California, USA POW:   Camp Tjimahi, West Java, Nov 20 , 1942 camp 4e Bataljon The Early Years Dad was born on December 17, 1917 on the island of Java, Indonesia to a…

The Camps

During WWII, History, Military, Stories, Witness to the WarBy indoprojectOctober 27, 201134 Comments

By Jan Krancher, California, USA Overview of the Japanese Imprisonment Experience The Japanese High Command on Java attempted to coerce the Indo-European members of the former Royal Netherlands-Indies Army, Navy and Air Force to enlist in the Japanese army.  A goodly number of Indos who refused were summarily executed and many ended up in camps. …

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…

Indo Book Highlight: Memories of The East

Books, Resources, ReviewsBy indoprojectJune 6, 2011Leave a comment

By Bianca Dias-Halpert   Title:  Memories of ‘The East’ Author:  Fridus Steijlen, KITLV Press ISBN-10:  906718199 4 ISBN-13:  9789067181990 This book offers a window into the past without having to wade through a lot of facts and data.  Between 1997-2001, over 700 interviews were conducted of those who had lived through the end of colonialism…

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…

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