"Change Your Wet Clothes in Front of Me" — What Japanese Women POWs Had No Choice But to Do

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Take off your wet clothes now. In front of me. The American sergeant points at Michiko's soaked uniform. Rain drips from the tent canvas. 16 Japanese women stand frozen in mud. None of them move. But the sergeant isn't reaching for them. He's pointing at something behind him. A stack of folded blankets, gray wool, dry. Why isn't he stepping forward... Read More