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1948 (Jan 12) Stampless printed Russian stationary card for use by POW’s to father at Kita Handa, Nara-Shi from Nakakita Wataru interned by Russians in Vladivostok POW Camp cancelled Vladivostok P.O. cds & with diamond Russian censor & faint C.C.D. J-3919 /Arms censor of US administration, received 10 March …….A large number of Japanese soldiers were taken prisoner by the Russians. mostly in Manchuria towards the end of the war and some were kept in captivity until 1954…Mail from these unfortunates is seldom encountered due to the Japanese culture & loss of face and respect for being taken prisoner