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Rio Vista man survives war as a POW / Bowen, Jerry [596] [WAYITWAS-2005-596]
When we last left George Nelson of Rio Vista, he had been transferred by the Japanese to Camp XII on April 10, 1944, at Hotachi, near Tokyo where as a prisoner of war he was required to work in a copper mine.

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Rio Vista man was a WWII prisoner / Bowen, Jerry [589] [WAYITWAS-2005-589]
World War II produced many real heroes. Some were prisoners of war. George Nelson of Rio Vista was one of those heroes.

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As tide of World War II shifts, so does the fate of prisoners / Bowen, Jerry [594] [WAYITWAS-2005-594]
In my last column we told of George Nelson's imprisonment at Bilibid prison hospital in Manila, Philippines, for 10 months while his wounds healed and of his later transfer to the notorious Cabanatuan Prison Camp where he arrived May 17, 1943.

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Traces of some early homes still survive / Bowen, Jerry [202] [WAYITWAS-2004-202]
Have you ever wondered where some of the earliest settlers lived in Solano County? Perhaps your own home is located right on top of, or near, the site one of our historical figures once called home and you don't even know it.

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Travails of a prisoner of the Japanese in war / Bowen, Jerry [591] [WAYITWAS-2005-591]
In my last column, I wrote about the fall of Corregidor to the Japanese on May 8, 1942, and the surrender of American forces on Bataan the following day.

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