Oral History Interviews with John Plath Green, 1974 Page: 69
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69instead of coming back empty to Okinawa, we asked him
if we could put the former prisoners-of-war on that
plane and then let them come back to his strip. Then
he'd make sure that they were shipped back down. The
next stopping place was Luzon. There they would be
processed and then sent home. Chuck and I made these
arrangements while we were on Okinawa. The artillery
section under Colonel Rice in Telegrafo ordered the
air droppings and supervised the air droppings from
back yonder because we had this map. But at that time,
as I recall, he did it himself back yonder. We could
not do it. I don't think Chuck and I did any of that
at Okinawa. I don't recall.
Well, let's go back just a minute before we actually
get you to Okinawa. So you were appointed to this
Recovery Personnel Section, and without making any
preparations whatsoever for getting these prisoners
out, you were on the first wave, you might say, or
with the first group that entered Japan actually.
We started out in these great, big, beautiful planes.
We had been in little C-47's. By the way, the C-47
was a heaven to look at. In combat when we saw a
C-47, we knew we were winning the war because a C-47Marcello:
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Green, John Plath. Oral History Interviews with John Plath Green, 1974, book, {1976-02-06,1976-03-01}; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944578/m1/70/?q=%22~1~1%22~1&rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.