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Various POW artifacts:
Clothes pins made from bamboo.
Dice made from cement. Most dice, chips, ashtrays etc were made of bread dough.
Rubber strap from shoe used as an eraser.
Thread from blanket, needles made from copper wire, some needles were made of bone.
Toothpaste caps served as inkwells for homemade ink. My favorite ink was made of ground cigarette ashes with a few grains of sugar used as a bonding agent.
Pencils and pencil leads were stolen during interrogation sessions. Leads were then sewn in seams of clothing.
Split bamboo pen. I usually hid my pen in my pan [???]. Toilet paper and cigarette wrappers were used for writing paper. |