1945 JAPAN (OKINAWA)- CEYLON..LIBERATED POW…USS CAPE GLOUCESTER ..RED CROSS.. [22073]

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1945(Sep 18) Printed American Red Cross envelope together with letter from Rodney Sydney-Smith a liberated POW ex Fukuoka POW camp writing to his father in Ceylon from aboard USS Cape Gloucester enroute Manila & cancelled US Navy (20 Sep) probably at Okinawa, more or less equi-distant between Fukouka & Manila. A violet unframed 11 Dec 1945 with pencil arrow pointing to senders address is suggestive of an attempt to Return to Sender !!!!..This item is illustrated on page 348 in Vol 6 of Tetts wonderful series of books relating to POW’s & civil internees held during WW2 by the Japanese..

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