Japanese nurses in Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
After Japanese surrender in 1945, 30k Japanese left in Manchuria joined Chinese Communist forces as doctors, nurses and technicians. PLA employed more than 7,200 Japanese medical personnels during the Chinese Civil War.
After Japanese surrender in 1945, 30k Japanese left in Manchuria joined Chinese Communist forces as doctors, nurses and technicians. PLA employed more than 7,200 Japanese medical personnels during the Chinese Civil War.
Japanese nurse 加藤昭江 joined People’s Liberation Army in Benxi, Liaoning on Nov, 1945. Age 17. Returned to Japan in 1958. She helped set up China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing in 1980s. Passed away in June, 2019, Age 91.
砂原惠 the only Japanese member of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army to have fought Korean War because he joined PLA in 1948 as a Chinese person!
Japanese PLA were prevented frm participating in Korean War but nobody knew he was Japanese at the time til 1953 his Mom passed
Japanese PLA were prevented frm participating in Korean War but nobody knew he was Japanese at the time til 1953 his Mom passed
小林寬澄, raised a monk, drafted into Imperial Japanese Army 1940 to go 2 China, captured by Communists in 1941, married a Japanese nurse in the PLA, served in the PLA til 1955 when he returned to Japan with wife and kids.
Japanese nurse 中村京子 came to China at 15 to attend nursing school in Manchuria in 1945. After Japanese surrender she joined PLA when Communist came to recruit nurses. She met and married PLA’s German Jewish doctor Hans Müller and both stayed in China
Nursing students in Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo in Manchuria.
They were trained to be nurses for Imperial Japanese Army. After Japanese surrender in 1945, many were trapped in Manchuria and opted to join Chinese Communist forces taking over the region.
They were trained to be nurses for Imperial Japanese Army. After Japanese surrender in 1945, many were trapped in Manchuria and opted to join Chinese Communist forces taking over the region.
100k Chinese Communist forces marched into Manchuria in 1945 were mostly uneducated peasant boys. PLA recruited heavily frm nursing schools and medical colleges of frmer Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo. Thousands of Japanese nurses served in PLA in the Chinese Civil War.
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