Oral History Interviews with John Plath Green, 1974 Page: 85
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85on a map the locations of the known prisoner-of-war
camps and the possible prisoner-of-war camps that
our information had led us to believe. So I had one
of those with me. The one I did know, that stuck
out in my memory, was the Omori prisoner-of-war camp.
If I may interject here, a former prisoner-of-war who
was at Omori told me that he believed that that was
the only place that was left standing in Tokyo
(chuckle). So far as he was concerned, there wasn't
too much of Tokyo that was left standing except that
prisoner-of-war camp.
Well, now that would be easily explained because the
coordinates of the prisoner-of-war camps were known,
and I feel reasonably sure that the pilots of the
bombers were briefed that these were prisoner-of-war
camps. I noticed on your photograph of the Omori
camp that it had "PW" painted on one of the roofs.
But I think that "PW" sign wasn't put on there until
after the surrender. I don't think the Japanese
marked those camps in any-way, as I recall.
Now until I saw your picture, my memory was that
there was no "PW" when I was there.Marcello:
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Green, John Plath. Oral History Interviews with John Plath Green, 1974, book, {1976-02-06,1976-03-01}; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944578/m1/86/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.