Massacre at Betio
A Last Secret 11
Seventeen New Zealand radio operators and soldiers were tied up to coconut trees in front of Commander Keisuke Matsuo house on Betio.
The missionary Sadd, New Zealand trader McArthur, Reg Morgan, Cleary the dispenser and blind old Isaac Handley were there too. Occasionally, under armed guard, the men would be untied and fed. Joe Parker was asked if he w…
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