War Diaries (March 10) (nonfiction)

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War Diary entries for March 10

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Mister Park: March 10, 1943

After the arrival of the unit commander of the 55th Division, an order was handed down to transfer Mr. Kanagawa's comfort station to a place called Yeu near Mandalay. He ordered them to move, but I heard that the comfort women were all resolutely opposed to it and would not go.

Diary of a Japanese Military Brothel Manager is a book of diaries written by a clerk who worked in Japanese military brothels, also known as "comfort stations", in Burma and Singapore during World War II. The author, a Korean businessman known only as Mister Park, kept a daily diary between 1922 and 1957.

George Beck: March 10, 1944

The chap supposed to have got the Knight’s Cross is a deserter from his company since November, his fiancée has been put in prison also she bought him the ribbon. Newspaper states that a woman got, three years for saying another woman’s son wasn’t an Unter Officer. The chap was killed at the front and he was the said rank. What a country, three years for stating a falsehood. Russia still advancing.

George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)

George Beck: March 10, 1945

Arrived at Stalag XVIIA after spending eight unforgettable days in the wagon. Three days without water, bread or bowel movement and just a little ventilation. Forty-six men cramped up and couldn't lie down to sleep, and we are all sick men.

George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)

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