COOK FOR JAPS
\.HY CHINESE WAXED FAT. South Pacific Base, Aug. 19. A puzzle to their rescuers on New Georgia Island, eight Chinese were surprisingly*healthy and wellj fed, even fat. By contrast, many of the Japanese fighting there were frail and [emaciated. One of the Chinese saluted MajorGeneral Robert Beightler. commanding th • 37th Infantry Division, and proudly announced: “Speak. English.” Most of them came from Hongkong and had been doing forced labour for the Japanese since a month after the fall of that city. They included three boys about twelve years old. Asked why they were so well fed, their explained, “Me cook | for Japs; me feedum all."
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 202, 27 August 1943, Page 5
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