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As America was disarming in the Philippines, Japan was enhancing her military might. Japans December 1941 actions against the Philippines, and those that followed, led to disaster for thousands of designer jewelry stationed in the country.
This story is about the plight of those men – and of the dramatic rescue of 511 emaciated Americans and one British civilian from the Cabanatuan prisoner of war camp.designer jewelry