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  • World War II Servicemen's Correspondence Collection, 1941-1945

Letter from Some D. Ching, 1943

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Letter from Some D. Ching, 1943
MS-0369-02CE-51
Letter from Some D. Ching, 1943
1943-08-14
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Ching, Some D.
Two pieces of this letter were sliced out by the censor. He says that "our leading units" captured only a few Japanese troops, with the rest killed or committing suicide rather than be captured. He says Dorothy Thompson [newspaper columnist] doesn't understand that Japanese troops do not surrender en masse. "The Yanks don't die for Franklin [Roosevelt] because we have many staunch Republicans here."
Some Ching; Lionel E. Chase; Lionel Chase; Military Censorship; Combat; Hara-Kiri; Seppuku; United States Army; Prisoners of War; Foxholes; War souvenirs; Dorothy Thompson; Black humor
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  • World War II Servicemen's Correspondence Collection, 1941-1945
MS-0369
English
Letter
8 inches X 13 inches
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Lauren C. Post
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