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REMEMBRANCE DAY PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW 29
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‘Veen’s death in 1972. “We all. .
knew he had it, but he never © ~:

friends. But the war taught me
I had created a world of my
own, with dream people in it. It

taught me what people really —

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sages. He began writing. his
daily: journal . around ‘the’
perimeters of the print: 1942
across the top, 1943 down one
side, 1944 along the bottom,

and 1945 entries up the other - - :

Side, all-in tiny: letters, ail i in:
‘pencil.

_. ‘The camp was primitive i in
the ‘extreme. There was .n0-
‘bedding, either to sleep on or
to cover them, and the food:

“given to ‘the prisoners was."
whatever: was. left over: from: -

: “supplies at a neighboring vil
lage. No Red Cross packages ©

people or. the villager was ill :

‘The conditions took their toll

- physically, as well. When Veen

entered the camp he ‘weighed.
about 245 pounds. When they -

- were liberated his weight had’ taken to ‘Australia for rehabili-

“tation and final release. Steen-

“. dwindled to about 85 pounds.

"But not one of their group ©
~~» died,” Steenstra said, “They ~
were taken better care of be-.

-«*¢ause they were: a medical
team.” All the while, no Allied
planes flew -overhead.: ‘They —

‘captors wondered: “Will any-
one come for us? Does anyone
- know we're here?’ The answer -

~ to the second question was:
~ No. Fortunately, the answer to.

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“Allied planes began their.as-

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~ that flew’ over their camp. Ee:

fries: start on January 3, and
~ continue sporadically through

February and March, then be-

~ gin to.increase in: April. May, :

June and J july show large num-

- bers of air. — continuing

“Then "August 8, 1945; my .

neds Notes in‘his diary that

-ever found their way to the ‘there was a huge explosion in :

. camp,, because. the Allies had

just down ‘the road.. Neither:

knew of the’ other's. existence

‘Freed, the prisoners were

stra expects that is where his:
uncle wrote his final diary en-

try. The words are those of -

_ Ashley Wilks, from Gone With.
The Wind.“I suspect, however,

- that my uncle wrote them be- .-

cause they mirrored his feel-
ings.’ "That entry reads;

year. Then he returned to his

- work in Java, picking up the

threads of.a life he loved. He
worked as a physician in Java
until 1963, when finally kicked
out of the country by Sukarno.
Until his. death in 1972, In-

“donesia — the country and its

people — remained his passion.

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