corporal joinson 1st manchesters and pte coleman grealish,60th CAC,US army sneaked out of camp on the evening of the 28-2-43,their intention was to make for the mountains,they were recaptured two days later,they were taken to taichu and interogated,beaten and tortured by the kempetai for a month,on 4th march they were paraded before the POWs,witnesses said they were that badly beaten that they were unrecognisable,the japs told the POWs that this is what happens if you escape,this is the last time you will see your mates,on 1st april both men were executed on the parade ground at taichu by firing squad,at first,it was reported that both men dug their own graves and then beheaded which proved untrue
pte grealish was to ill to be transported to japan when the rest of the americans left,thats why he was still on formosa
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