US EditionB.C. internment survivor marks anniversary of end of WW2 in Asia
Miriam Zwaan-Van Veen reflects on her childhood in harsh Japanese internment camps and honors 1,975 Canadian troops who served in the Far East during World War II, including 290 killed in combat.
- Unlike years gone by, no public event will be held to mark the end of the war in Asia, as Miriam Zwaan-Van Veen will visit the White Rock cenotaph alone on Aug. 15.
- Interned just under one year old when Japanese forces overran the island in early 1942, her family faced internment in Sumatra.
- Amid overcrowded barracks and hardship, internees faced food shortages, with food supplies limited to half a carrot for lunch and a child's handful of rice for supper, she recalled.
- With few survivors remaining, the last public commemoration was held in 2015, as Miriam Zwaan-Van Veen noted that 'the others are all gone now.'
- White Rock's cenotaph bears Canada's only inscription honoring internment survivors, and Zwaan-Van Veen advocates teaching Pacific War history alongside D Day and the European conflict.
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