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ARTICLES & STORIES

This is a collection of articles and stories about the Taiwan POW Camps, the men who were held in them, the Taiwan POW Society and its efforts to tell that story and build memorials to honour those men.

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Feature Article

THE KINKASEKI MEMORIAL - HOW IT ALL BEGAN. . .

THE STORY OF THE KINKASEKI MEMORIAL

     The war was over; the Japanese, who had ruled Taiwan for 50 years, left the island, and the Taiwan Metal Mining Co. took over the operation of what had been the largest copper mine in the Japanese Empire....

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THE KINDER CAMP COMMANDANT . . .
   Updated: Tuesday August 25, 2026
REMEMBRANCE DAY 2020
   Updated: Tuesday August 25, 2026
80 YEARS AGO . . . . . EVENTS IN TAIWAN POW HISTORY
   Updated: Tuesday August 25, 2026
THE HISTORY OF HEITO CAMP AND THE POW MEMORIAL
   Updated: Tuesday August 25, 2026
100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WWI REMEMBRANCE DAY EVENT IN TAIWAN
   Updated: Tuesday August 25, 2026
80 YEARS LATER - THE AFTERMATH OF WORLD WAR II AND JAPAN TODAY
   Updated: Thursday August 20, 2026
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