Mr Paul Yang 提供楊文忠醫師的 1/10/1945 家書中,提到神靖丸的最終目的地,是婆羅洲東部的油田區 Balikpapan [巴厘巴板].
美國海軍的Operation Gratitude於1945年1月12日重創航行或停泊中的日本軍艦及各種運輸船艦,日海軍顯然無力再継續運送神靖丸生還者到 Balikpapan 報到任命,所以改為零星分送,到越南,新加坡,馬來,及印尼各戰地服役,到戰後次年從印尼戰俘營釋出返臺,或滯留原地參加當地革命反抗殖民統治,因而更遲的回到臺灣故鄉.
Wikipedia 竟有詳細 1942-1945年的戰史記載,現節錄部份如次:
1. "...On 24 January 1942, a Japanese invasion convoy arrived at Balikpapan and was attacked by four United States Navy destroyers which sank three Japanese transports. The Japanese landed and after a sharp but short fight the Japanese army defeated the Dutch garrison. The defenders had partially destroyed the oil refinery and other facilities. After this the Japanese massacred many of the Europeans they had captured. Several campaigns followed until the 1945 Battle of Balikpapan, which concluded the Allied Forces' Borneo campaign, after which they took control of Borneo island."
2. "The Battle of Balikpapan [見上圗: 澳軍進攻路線] was the concluding stage of the Borneo campaign (1945). The landings took place on 1 July 1945. The Australian 7th Division, composed of the 18th, 21st and 25th Infantry Brigades, with support troops, made an amphibious landing, codenamed Operation Oboe Two a few miles north of Balikpapan, on the island of Borneo. The landing had been preceded by heavy bombing and shelling by Australian and US air and naval forces. The Japanese were outnumbered and out gunned, but like the other battles of the Pacific War, many of them fought to the death.
"Major operations had ceased by July 21. The 7th Division's casualties were significantly lighter than they had suffered in previous campaigns. The battle was one of the last to occur in World War II, beginning a few weeks before the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki effectively ended the war. Japan surrendered while the Australians were combing the jungle for stragglers."
日方防軍僅:
22 Base Force 及
454 Independent Infantry Battalion [commander: Major Misuaki Yamada], 37th Army
死戰最後,寡不敵眾,只好投降,一小部份則轉戰於叢林之中.
如果當年神靖丸人員最終是在 Balikpapan 服役,很可能也逃不過玉碎的命運(?) - 當然這也只是憑空測臆而已.
2/09/2012
Balikpapan Borneo 1945
2/06/2012
第八次南方派遣醫結業紀念照
1/31/2012
龍應台出任文建會主委
龍應台教授的"大江大海一九四九"一書終於讓大家知道了隱藏六十多年神靖丸的故事...
好心人, 毫無疑問, 會有好報.
2012-01-31 17:59
新聞速報 【中廣新聞/蕭照平】
"馬總統擔任台北市長時的文化局長龍應台,將出任文建會主委,藍綠立委都很認同。國民黨立委費鴻泰表示,龍應台是個有創意的人才,會出線跟過去的市府小內閣經驗無關;而民進黨團對龍應台也有高度期待,不過,民進黨團幹事長蔡煌瑯呼籲,龍應台要釐清「夢想家」的真相。"
1/24/2012
Update 20 - 新竹州楊文忠醫師
新竹州楊文忠醫師之孫Paul 來郵告知:
楊醫師生於大正三年 (1914),昭和16年 (1941)卒業於昭和醫學專門學校.其後兩年任職橫濱市大雄山病院內科,昭和18年轉任臺北帝大附屬醫院小兒科.
楊醫師原籍桃園郡桃園街,是家中次子.戰歿時留下了夫人(2005年過世)和三個小女兒.
1/12/2012
In memory
秋には光になって 畑にふりそそぐ 冬はダイヤのように きらめく雪になる 朝は鳥になって あなたを目覚めさせる 夜は星になって あなたを見守る
私のお墓の前で 泣かないでください そこに私はいません 死んでなんかいません 千の風に 千の風になって あの大きな空を 吹きわたっています 千の風に 千の風になって あの大きな空を 吹きわたっています あの大きな空を 吹きわたっています
12/24/2011
11/19/2011
宵月地獄船事件 - Part 2
[可點擊放大]
上圖是一位澳洲網友 Sophie 找到的 Tatura 集中營記錄, 記載一臺灣人小孩個人資料:
地區: 荷屬東印度 [按: 太平洋戰爭爆發時,此地一部份日本人及臺灣人被送往澳洲集中營拘禁]
姓名: SAI Ho Tjioe [原名不詳]
生日: 22/7/1942
被俘地: Tatura [按: 位於維多利亞省北部]
出生地: Tatura
宗教: 儒教
國籍: 原登記為 "Aust. Born Jap Parents", 刪改為 Formosan
生母: SAI Loei Sian Twe [原名不詳]
生母住址: Tatura 集中營第四營
報告:
特徴: 黑髪棕眼 [性別不詳]
17/8/1942 入營
6/3/1946 自雪梨港乘宵月艦遣回臺灣
這位 SAI Ho Tjioe, 4 歲不到就上了地獄船, 今年應是 69 歲.
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