(2)Australian town marks 60th anniversary of Japanese POW breakout

(2)Australian town marks 60th anniversary of Japanese POW breakout

COWRA, Australia - With a lantern in hand, citizens of Cowra, Australia, parade on Aug. 4 as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations marking the biggest and bloodiest prisoner of war breakout in World War II in the New South Wales town, that had ended in the death of 234 Japanese and five Australians.

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