Oral History Interview with C. L. Pryor, December 5, 1987 Page: 44
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all the Japanese workers knew us. We noted a
distinction they all made between Americans and
other prisoners. Of course, I don't think that in
the fact that there were only ten of us entered into
it at all. I think that even at times on the
railroad when we were subjected to the stress and
strain of completing that road, when we'd have a new
Japanese guard or.. .well, when I say Japanese, most
generally our guards were Koreans that had been
conscripted for service in the rear echelon areas.
They were not combat troops. They were "rear echelon
commandos," as we sometimes refer to them, you know,
unflatteringly.
Jones: I understand even the Japanese looked down on even
the Koreans.
Pryor: Oh, they did. They did--as a people. Just not as
individuals but as a people. It's much like the
relationship with the Ainu. Still yet today, to my
understanding, the Ainu are not incorporated into
the main structure of Japanese life. They're
considered almost like the Australians look at the
Aborigine.
Jones: Right.44
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Jones, Waller F. & Pryor, Charley L. Oral History Interview with C. L. Pryor, December 5, 1987, book, December 5, 1987; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584976/m1/46/?q=%221920-02%22: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.