Cabanatuan
Military Prisoner of War Camp #1
Nueva Ecija
Province
1943: CABANATUAN
to VIRGINIA. Censored upon arrival by
Examiner "226." Received BASTIAN August 11,1943.
Garrett Type
2a Prisoner of War Card: Modified after printing with the addition of a
straight-line handstamped inscription in French "Sce DES PRISONNIERS DE
GUERRE." The addition of the French inscription 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.
That inscription was applied usually, but not always, at the top center
of the cards. (Garrett pp-216-217) |
