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Soldiers in love
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Soldiers in love
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Written by redactie
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As a soldier I was posted for driver work in the construction of a military airport near Tjililitan, near Jakarta, in mid-1949. I got to know a girl there. Her name was Anita or Wanita, I did not figure that out quite well. Our relationship only lasted two months. But it was very intense.
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Arrested for his wartime sweetheart. A poem |
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Soldiers in love
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Written by L. van der Waal
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A young Marine asks permission to marry his Indonesian 'sweetheart’. His commander is not amused and orders his immediate departure for Holland. The Marine leaves the barracks the day before his departure to join and unite with his love, but he never reaches her: he is arrested. During his imprisonment, between the cockroaches and mosquitoes, he desperately scratches a poem on the wall:
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(Oosterhoff)
(27 Days Ago)
Had mijn grootvader die eind jaren 20 bij de marine in Surabaya zat een kind bij een indonesische v...
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Aalderen, Louis van (of Lodewijk van
(Monday, 21 August 2023)
Beste Redactie,
Alsnog reageer ik op uw verzoek van 2015, zie hierboven.
Ben er nog niet in g...
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van Veen
(Sunday, 13 August 2023)
Zou dit hem kunnen zijn?
https://www.marechausseecontact.nl/8541-in-memoriam-oud-adjudant-ondero...
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Gerrit Sommers
(Tuesday, 25 July 2023)
Gerrit Sommers was ook ingedeeld bij 30 VEHo en werkte in het Hospitaal in Batavia. Als zijn naam e...
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Cor Parlevliet
(Tuesday, 04 July 2023)
Cor parlevliet zat bij de aan en afvoertroepen de AAT. Hij verbleef in Soerabaya waarschijnlikk in ...
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(parlevliet)
(Monday, 22 May 2023)
ik denk dat ik verwekt ben in begin 1950, ben in Soerabaya Mijn moeder was Suus Willems Looye
mij...
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test
(Monday, 15 May 2023)
groet!
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Eduard Carel Kramer
(Wednesday, 03 May 2023)
Hallo Jimmy,
Bijgevoegd Japans interneringskaart vond in het Nederlands archief. Mogelijk betreft ...
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