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What Japan's 'little nurses' left behind in Palau's jungle 81 years ago (Pt. 2)

NAHA -- During the Pacific War, students from Palau Girls' High School cared for wounded soldiers at the Japanese military's 123rd logistics hospital

  • Eiko Tamaki and Hiroko Maeda cared for wounded soldiers in Palau jungle hospital.
  • Malnutrition and beriberi plagued patients during intense war.
  • Recent investigation may have located former 123rd logistics hospital site.

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