Enemy Property Commission: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, 80th Congress, 1st Session, on H.R.873 and H.R.1823, Bills to Create an Enemy Property Commission, to Provide for the Disposal of Certain Enemy Property, and for Other Purposes, and H.R.1000, a Bill Creating a Commission to Examine and Render Final Decision on All Claims by American Nationals who Were Members of the Armed Forces of the U.S. and who Were Prisoners of War of Germany, Italy, Or Japan, for Payment of Its Awards, and for Other Purposes, and H.R.2823, a Bill to Provide for a Commission to Adjudicate Claims of American Nationals who Were Prisoners of War of Japan, for Payment of Its Awards, and for Other Purposes. March 20, 21, and April 21, 1947U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947 - 493 pages |
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Page 102
... holds a position of great responsibility . Filipino leaders have given assurance , and repeated in words and by acts ... hold it in the meantime until we proceed with one or two other of the witnesses who I understand must leave shortly ...
... holds a position of great responsibility . Filipino leaders have given assurance , and repeated in words and by acts ... hold it in the meantime until we proceed with one or two other of the witnesses who I understand must leave shortly ...
Page 104
... hold and personal possessions we left in our home . All is lost - and such a loss as this is great . Not only were the homes of the internees ravished but business houses as well ; all a complete loss . Property was confiscated and ...
... hold and personal possessions we left in our home . All is lost - and such a loss as this is great . Not only were the homes of the internees ravished but business houses as well ; all a complete loss . Property was confiscated and ...
Page 114
... hold them because of the Japanese . So eventually a good number of these boys found their way to the Ateneo , and our argument was that these boys were exposing their lives for us at Bataan , and the least we could do for them , no ...
... hold them because of the Japanese . So eventually a good number of these boys found their way to the Ateneo , and our argument was that these boys were exposing their lives for us at Bataan , and the least we could do for them , no ...
Page 116
... hold on to the college until 1943 - July 2 we were instructed to leave the college . Then , from the 17th of August I was thrown in Santiago for 5 months . From there I was released to Santo Tomas . Mr. HALE . It is the period prior to ...
... hold on to the college until 1943 - July 2 we were instructed to leave the college . Then , from the 17th of August I was thrown in Santiago for 5 months . From there I was released to Santo Tomas . Mr. HALE . It is the period prior to ...
Page 117
... hold the saucer under their mouths so they could eat that way , because they had no strength . They were weak as kittens as regards their limbs . But that was a nightmare . Mr. CHAPMAN . What was the condition of the prison in regard to ...
... hold the saucer under their mouths so they could eat that way , because they had no strength . They were weak as kittens as regards their limbs . But that was a nightmare . Mr. CHAPMAN . What was the condition of the prison in regard to ...
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