The Taiwan Prisoner of War Memorial Park
In the fall of 2005 the Taipei County Government decided to renovate and re-furbish the park surrounding the POW memorial on the site of the former Kinkaseki POW Camp at Chinguashi on Taiwan’s northeast coast. The “Idea Design Co.” architectural firm was awarded the contract to carry out the work, and early in the project Mr. Yang Kuo Hao, the director, decided to try to make the park into a place of reverence and memory for the Taiwan POWs. The Society was asked for input to help plan the new park and gladly offered assistance where we could. The park - although not completely finished at the time, was dedicated on Sunday November 20th 2005, during the annual Remembrance Week event hosted by the POW Society. The park was finally completed at the end of December last year and the following photos show the park as it is today.
ARE YOU A CHILD OR FAMILY MEMBER OF A FORMER FAR EAST PRISONER OF WAR?If so, then there is an organization you should know about. COFEPOW (Children and Families of Far East Prisoners of War) was founded in November 1997, and is an association dedicated to bringing the children and families of former Far East POWs together, to remembering the men who were POWs in the Far East during World War II, and also to creating a permanent memorial to those wonderful men who gave so much for our freedom. The Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society supports COFEPOW, its aims and its work. Last year COFEPOW completed a major part of its program – the building and dedication of the FEPOW Museum at the National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas, Staffordshire. This is the only museum in the UK solely dedicated to telling the story of the Far East POWs – who were held captive by the Japanese in every part of Asia. For more information on COFEPOW; how it may be of assistance to you as a FEPOW family member, and how you can have a part in its work, please contact: Mrs. Carol Cooper, 20 Burgh Rd., Gorleston, Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk NR31 8BE / Tel. 01493 664116 or visit their website at www.cofepow.org.uk |
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