The Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society will host the 9th Far East Prisoner of War Day on Aug. 13, providing an opportunity to learn more about the Allied prisoners of war who were held in the 14 Japanese POW camps in Taiwan during World War II.
The program will feature an exhibition of military and prisoner-of-war artifacts from the Society’s museum collection and a short memorial tribute to the former prisoners.
The event will also feature a showing of The Great Raid, a film that tells the true story of the daring mission to rescue 500 POWs from the infamous Cabanatuan Camp in the Philippines in January 1945, and the 30-minute documentary he Veterans Remember (not suitable for children).
Photo courtesy of Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society
■ SPOT – Taipei Film House (台北之家－光點電影院), 18 Zhongshan N Rd Sec 2, Taipei (台北市中山北路二段18號)
■ Aug. 13 from 5:30pm. Admission is free, but space is limited and reservations are required by e-mail, society@powtaiwan.org, before Aug. 10
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