Zf258, page 144 of the book; Relentless Hope: A True Story of War and Survival. This page describes the POW’s arrival in Japan. They were treated better that ever before. Many were sent to a POW hospital, US doctors and enlisted medical personal took care of them. They also received blankets, it was winter. But the Japanese doctors in charge did not provide medicines to POWs they thought were dying, but the food, better and more than before, was not enough to sustain life and many more POWs died there.