BBCNEWS BBC July 2, 2024
in a prisoner of war camp. i never slept in a bed for two and a half years, because they had no beds. we all slept ten in a little room — ten each, head to toe. if somebody wanted to turn over in their sleep, somebody used to say "turn" and everybody used to turn over in one go, like, you know. it was amazing. kept in terrible conditions, but he was lucky to live. many of his friends died when they were moved to another camp upriver. they were fired on by american aeroplanes, thinking that we were chinese. and we lost a lot of people. there were also pows. they were killed by frien...