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Word: keijo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bewildered Jap prison-camp commander at Keijo, Korea said that he had no instructions about surrender-would not the Americans fly back to China if he gave them gasoline? In Peiping the commander said he could not allow the teams to see any prisoners until he had instructions from Nanking; meanwhile, he put them up as guests in Peiping's famed Wagon-lits Hotel. Not a single shot was reported fired at the paratroopers who took the long chance on their errands of mercy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Ghostly Men | 8/27/1945 | See Source »

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