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NOTICE:
LAST CHANCE !
As
mentioned in our last issue, we are continuing with the updating
of our mailing list.
A number of our friends and
supporters have already contacted us, but there are still
quite a few who have not responded.
If you like the newsletter and
wish to continue receiving it, please let us know by letter,
fax or email and we will keep your name on the mailing list.
We just want to know that
you are receiving the newsletter and enjoying it. If not,
there is no point in sending it and wasting precious funds.
If we do not hear from you, we will remove your name in order
to ensure the wisest use of our funds.
Hope to hear
from you soon !
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WEB-WATCH
Please
check out our POWTAIWAN website in the weeks to come. We have
added some new information on some of the camps and will be
adding more information regarding several of the others that
we have found.
The list of camps can be found on
“The Camps” page and access can be gained by either clicking
on the name of the camp in the list, or by clicking on the
camp name on the map of Taiwan.
We have also linked several other websites
that we feel might be of interest to our readers - please
check them out - they have a lot to offer and need your support
too.
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SUMMER
HOLIDAYS
Since
several of our members will be away for various periods during
July and August, we would ask you to be patient if you do
not receive prompt answers to mail or emails. The society
will be back in full swing again in mid-August when we hope
to continue searching for the former POW camp sites. In the
meantime we would like to hear from anyone with any information
on the POWs or the former camps. Thank you for your continued
support.
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--- from
the Director
Well,
this has been a very different spring, and one which did not really
go according to plan. First we had an unusually high amount of rainfall,
which curtailed our exploration activites, and even though we all
had great intentions to get out and explore, it was difficult to
find a time when several of us could get together to do this. It
seems that spring is always a busy time of year, and since we are
all just volunteers, we don’t always get to do what we like. However,
despite all this a great deal of progress has been made as you have
read in the pages of this newsletter.
We had a great time with Alice
Myerscough this spring - her coming to Taiwan indicated the fruits
of real progress in our work for which we are very happy.
We are looking forward to more
former FEPOWs and their families returning in the months to come,
and this November promises to be a great time of reunion for Taiwan
POWs. In addition to a number of FEPOWs making private visits, we
are anticipating a contingent from the Royal British Legion who
are making a trip to Taiwan in November for the annual Remembrance
Weekend.
In the coming months we hope
to make further progress in locating the camps around Taipei, and
also to take some positive steps toward locating the site of the
Shirakawa Camp. This will be the last of the major Taiwan POW camps
to be located, so we are hoping all will go well in our endeavours
to find it.
We have been saddened as we
have learned of the passing of several FEPOWs in recent weeks. We
were able to reach some with the news of the POW memorials, but
for others we did not quite make it in time. This is such a vital
part of the work - to let these men know that their story is being
told and that they will not be forgotten.
We are very grateful for the
continued support of so many people - both here in Taiwan and also
overseas. It is so great to see the interest being shown in the
POWs’ story through the letters, faxes and emails we receive from
all over the world.
We encourage all who read this
newsletter, and those who view our website, to do all they can to
help spread the word and help us find out as much as we can about
the Taiwan POW camps and the men who were interned in them. If you
know of any former Taiwan POWs, please send us their names and addresses,
or put them or their families in contact with us, so we can share
our good news with them. If you have any information about the camps,
then please contact us. Until next time -
Let
Us Never Forget !
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