“Captured during the fall of Singapore, 66 soldiers of the 5/11 Sikh Regiment of the Indian Army were freed by our troops. Used as slave laborers since their capture in February 1942, the Indians were building jetties on Los Negros Island when they were rescued.”
“Asked how they were treated by the Japanese, the Sikhs shake their heads sadly, smile and say, ‘Not very well.'”
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