{"id":658,"date":"2022-02-12T20:20:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T20:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/330thasg.org\/?page_id=658"},"modified":"2022-02-12T21:00:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T21:00:26","slug":"pow-relief-flights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/330thasg.org\/index.php\/pow-relief-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"POW Relief Flights"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"658\" class=\"elementor elementor-658\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc03f9d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc03f9d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-610c398\" data-id=\"610c398\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be63bf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be63bf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.6 - 28-02-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Japan took some 132,000 American, British, Canadian, New Zealander, Dutch, and Australian prisoners of war (POWs) during the WWII.\u00a0 Prisoners of the Japanese were treated appallingly.\u00a0 Overall, 36,000 of them \u2013 more than 25% \u2013 died of malnutrition and lack of medical care, or as victims of physical abuse, forced labor, medical experimentation, and of both casual and ritual execution.\u00a0 For American POWs in Japanese hands the risk of death was 37%.\u00a0 In contrast, only 1% of Americans taken prisoner by Germany perished.<\/p><p>As soon as hostilities ended plans were put in motion to provide food and medicine to the surviving POWs.\u00a0 Relief flights flown by B-29s parachuted nearly 4500 tons of supplies, food, and medicine to POW camps in Japan, Manchuria, China, and Korea.\u00a0 This pictures below show planes from multiple Bomb Wings on Saipan getting readied for POW flights, aerial photos of POW camps, and of supply drops at POW camps.\u00a0 The relief flights staged from Isely Field were successful, but not without cost.\u00a0 Several B-29s and their crews were lost in the effort, and some POWs were injured or killed by falling supply drums when parachutes failed to open or rigging broke.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6098984 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6098984\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-82341ef\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/330thasg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Line-Up-for-POW-Supply-Missions-2-med-res-1024x802.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/330thasg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Line-Up-for-POW-Supply-Missions-2-med-res-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/330thasg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Line-Up-for-POW-Supply-Missions-2-med-res-768x601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/330thasg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Line-Up-for-POW-Supply-Missions-2-med-res-1536x1203.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/330thasg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Line-Up-for-POW-Supply-Missions-2-med-res-2048x1604.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/330thasg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Line-Up-for-POW-Supply-Missions-2-med-res-383x300.jpg 383w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">B-29s from Bomb Wings across the Mariana Islands lined up at Isely Field preparing for POW relief flights.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bbbfec9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bbbfec9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30d6ba9\" data-id=\"30d6ba9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa40d6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aa40d6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">B-29s lined up at Isely Field preparing for POW relief flights.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a5c5c30 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a5c5c30\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66c06c7\" data-id=\"66c06c7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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https:\/\/330thasg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/POW-Pre-flight-Line-up-2-l.jpg 1790w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">B-29s lined up at Isely Field preparing for POW relief flights.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3858294 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3858294\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cbb9387\" data-id=\"cbb9387\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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https:\/\/330thasg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img637-scaled.jpg 1446w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Some canisters for emergency supplies dropped to POWs were improvised by welding two 55-gallon drums together. Sometimes the parachute or rigging for these supplies would fail during the drop.  This photo shows one of those instances and some of the supply drums can be seen free falling to the ground. Some POWs were injured or killed when this happened.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan took some 132,000 American, British, Canadian, New Zealander, Dutch, and Australian prisoners of war (POWs) during the WWII.\u00a0 Prisoners of the Japanese were treated appallingly.\u00a0 Overall, 36,000 of them \u2013 more than 25% \u2013 died of malnutrition and lack &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/330thasg.org\/index.php\/pow-relief-flights\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/330thasg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/330thasg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/330thasg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/330thasg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/330thasg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/330thasg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":680,"href":"https:\/\/330thasg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/658\/revisions\/680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/330thasg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}