Many men from camps up in the hills had found their way into Osaka and Kobe and joined the growing throng of “pleasure starved” POWs sightseeing and enjoying themselves in their newfound freedom. By the 10th September, when arrangements were made to transport us to Tokyo for repatriation, they had dispersed over such a large area that the only way which all the POWs could be gathered together was by means of the air raid sirens, which were blown as a signal for everyone to report back to camp.
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