04-06-2007, 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Slipdigit 
I guess their differing status did help in some ways. Nursing officers captured by the Japanese and Germans were not held for the duration as were men who were medical officers. | Many Australian nurses who were captured by the Japanese were just shot.
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