Today’s Tjihapit
Today’s Tjihapit is what it had been before WWII: a pleasant Bandung suburb. The horrors of war all but forgotten.
Sonei Kenichi
Sonei Kenichi, Captain Sonei Kenichi was a Captain in the Imperial Japanese army, and as of September 1942 was placed in charge …
On the History of the Pacific War
A Brief Note on the History of the Pacific War by Boudewyn van Oort This surely must be one of the most …
Allies Arrive in Tandjong Priok
Towards the end of September 1945, one and a half months after the war had ended, the first Allied military personnel set …
Tjideng Birthday
Tjideng Birthday A Tjideng Birthday had ceased to have meaning , and the case of many like me, had been feared. Boys …
Yeast from Urine in Tjimahi Camp
In my book I say very little about the men’s camp, Tjimahi Camp, where my father was interned. These two pictures however …
KMA Complex (Koninklijke Militaire Academie)
KMA Complex The KMA Complex was the name of the Dutch East Indian Army Military training academy that was constructed with great …