Japanese Women POWs WWII: The Terrifying Demand ‘We Need to See Your Marks’
That was all. No explanation. No shouting. No threats wrapped in profanity or steel. Just a sentence spoken calmly, almost politely, in English—then repeated in halting Japanese by an interpreter whose voice shook despite the uniform he wore. “We need to see your marks.” Eleven words. Twenty-three Japanese women froze where they stood. The war…