Cabanatuan
Military Prisoner of War Camp #1
Nueva Ecija
Province
The Swedish
vessel "M.S. Gripsholm" made three voyages to South East Asia to
exchange civilians, diplomats, and carried mail to and from Civilian Internees
and P.O.W.'s. The first voyage by the M.S. Gripsholm was in June of 1942
and carried Japanese civilians which were to be exchanged for Civilians
of the Allied Nations, as well as Red Cross packages from Canada and the
U.S. for their interned P.O.W.'s throughout Asia. No mail was carried on
this voyage.
The second
voyage of the Gripsholm was in September of 1942 and carried an exchange
of civilians, Red Cross packages from the U.S. and Canada and mail to and
from the Philippines.
The third voyage
departed New York on September 2,1943 carrying mail and relief supplies
for the P.O.W.'s interned by the Japanese.
After the M.S.
Gripsholm made it last trip on September 2, 1943, POW mail flown by the
army to Teheran for its 12,000 mile long trip to the receiving office in
Tokyo.
1943 MAY
20: SAN FRANCISCO to PHILIPPINES
Carried by
the neutral Swedish diplomatic exchange ship M.S. GRIPSHOLM
from NEW YORK
(September 2) to MORMUGAO, PORTUGUESE INDIA.
Via RIO DE
JANEIRO - MONTEVIDEO - PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA.
Rendezvous
made with the Japanese exchange ship TEIA MARU on October 15, 1943.
MORMUGAO to
SINGAPORE on October 21.
SINGAPORE
to MANILA on November 2, arriving November 6.
Directed to
Cabanatuan Prison Camp per blue crayon "#l".
Censored by
"Shoda".
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