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Old 01-17-2016, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Olefin View Post
I would think that some POW's might have more on them than others - you always have the expert scroungers in any POW camp that manage to find ways to get things that no one else has - and there are ways to make weapons as well even under the tightest controls (clubs, slings, crude knives and stilettos, etc..) - you could see a character who was a medic being appointed the POW's doctor and thus having a very basic medical kit on him that whoever is running the camp allows him to have.
True. Brings to mind this guy: Tibor Rubin

He broke out of his Chinese POW camp over and over, and broke back in every time to bring food and medical supplies to his fellow POWs. What a champ.
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