Ray H. Church, Ogden, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, June 12, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 39

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R H So I looked at that and thought, "I wonder what that i . I nd r h t i h n1 II I took it and put it in my shoes at night and brought it back t th b ur were always searched, and we got through it. We had thi book call d ~ rpan in Thir Hours with little characters. So we laid it on the floor to see what wa happ ning. It h d silhouettes of ships and airplanes. We had one door coming into this littl room w w r in, so we posted the American guard up there and said "You watch and if th y come in give us a signal so when they come in we can get out of here and hide this stuff." o Jim and Bill and I, we lay on the floor with this stuff and all of a sudden a Jap walked right on top of us, looked down and let out a holler, and this guy at the door he kind of busted it and went to see something because he walked right by and came and caught us and took us over to Japanese headquarters and we thought we were going to get out heads cut off because they were really upset. They thought we were getting information from some Japanese civilians with the newspapers. They thought they were going to pass some information back and forth which we had no idea. They kind of put us on the defense and said, "We've been watching you two. You are number one bad." I thought, "Boy, I have had it now." They started pounding us and started beating us from eight o'clock to midnight with clubs and fists and belts. And Arvell, the guy that was with me, they hit him a couple of times and he fell to the floor like he was going to faint. He wasn't unconscious but they were kicking him. So I though, "Boy, I am not going to fall." They broke my eardrum and they hit and knocked my teeth out and everything started swimming. I couldn't remember what was happening, just like I was in a swimming. 19