GARRETT TYPE 2a POW CARD 
From BATANGAS POW CAMP #10 to ARGENTINA
Ca 1944: BATANGAS to BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
FROM A CIVILIAN PRISONER OF WAR

Using a Type 2 POW Card modified to Type 2a with the added French red handstamped "Sce DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE" which signifies Japan's belated recognition of the conditions of the Geneva Convention concerning prisoner of war mail through the International Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland.


EXTREMELY SCARCE TO EVEN RARE POW CAMP AND DESTINATION

THE FIRST PHILIPPINE POW CARD ADDRESSED TO SOUTH AMERICA

07-07-2008