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KOEPANG, TIMOR 1945-10-03. TIMFORCE. TWENTY SIX JAVANESE GIRLS WHO WERE LIBERATED AT KOEPANG FROM JAPANESE BROTHELS. JUST PRIOR TO THEIR RELEASE THE JAPANESE ISSUED THEM WITH RED CROSS ARM BANDS IN AN ATTEMPT TO CAMOUFLAGE THE FOUL MANNER IN WHICH THESE GIRLS HAD BEEN USED. THE JAPANESE WHO HAD ONCE ENSLAVED THESE GIRLS ARE NOW WORKING FOR THEM, TAKING THEIR BAGGAGE ASHORE FROM AN AUSTRALIAN WATER TRANSPORT BARGE. (PHOTOGRAPHER K. B. DAVIS)
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