The doctors and nurses have all been led outside the tent by the Japanese; we, the wounded, are left to wonder inside.
Suddenly there's a long burst of machine-gun fire, followed by a silence, then some Japanese shouting.
Then another brief silence.
Suddenly the machine gun is strafing our tent we dive below most of us too late but not me thank God.
Silence.
A Japanese soldier enters the tent, searching for the living. Bullet to the head each time. I play dead.
Six of us escape under cover of darkness later.
I suppose our side does bad stuff too.
Suddenly there's a long burst of machine-gun fire, followed by a silence, then some Japanese shouting.
Then another brief silence.
Suddenly the machine gun is strafing our tent we dive below most of us too late but not me thank God.
Silence.
A Japanese soldier enters the tent, searching for the living. Bullet to the head each time. I play dead.
Six of us escape under cover of darkness later.
I suppose our side does bad stuff too.
Source: Time Magazine
