"Are There Left Overs?" Japanese Female Pows Were Stunned When They First Tasted Cookies And Gravy скачать в хорошем качестве

"Are There Left Overs?" Japanese Female Pows Were Stunned When They First Tasted Cookies And Gravy

In the closing years of World War II, twenty-three Japanese women—nurses, typists, teachers, and civilians captured during the fall of Manila—were transported across the Pacific to Camp Arbuckle, a U.S. prisoner-of-war facility in Oklahoma. What awaited them was not the starvation and brutality they had been taught to expect, but something they could not comprehend: abundance. This documentary explores their extraordinary journey—from the trauma of captivity and the shock of American food culture to the profound psychological conflict created by kindness from the “enemy.” Through biscuits and gravy, cookies baked with Southern care, and the daily routines of a military camp far from home, these women confronted propaganda, grief, guilt, and the difficult truth that humanity can appear in the unlikeliest places. Featuring deeply personal moments—first tastes of buttered bread, lessons in making sawmill gravy, baseball games with young American soldiers, and the shattering news of Hiroshima and Nagasaki—this story reveals how survival sometimes begins with one simple question: “Are there leftovers?” If this narrative moved you, please like, share, and subscribe. These lesser-known histories illuminate not just the past, but the enduring power of compassion in times of war.