1943
NOVEMBER 13:
CRYSTAL
RIVER, FLORIDA to POW CAMP #1
Misdirected
per encircled "AG" marking, the "A" denoting "ABWEHR" (Military Intelligence)
and the "g"
indicating that it was applied in VIENNA, AUSTRIA.
Upon reaching
Japan, marked with blue crayon "5-B" on front and red receiving marking
on the verso
make reference to Camp 5-B (Niigata) in Japan.
The lack of
the pencil reference of "#1" or "Cab" which was usually applied in Manila
to indicate that the addressee was interred in CABANATUAN" possibly mean
that "PFC STANALAND" was transferred from the Philippines to this camp.
All known
Philippine addressed POW covers misdirected to Austria with October and
November 1943 postmarks.
JUST IN
- March 15
It is already
confirmed that this cover never reach the Philippines.
Other Japan
addressed materials exist addressed to the POW.
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