Shinenko, the Emerald Horizon: A Documentary on Taiwan Youth and World War II


	Shinenko, the Emerald Horizon: A Documentary on Taiwan Youth and World War II

granger

5-20-2007 1:41 AM

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japan, taiwan, history, documentary, wwii

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Saturday May 19, by Jerome F. Keating Ph.D.

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