The Japanese guards stopped their work and leered at her.

She'd already broken her punishment for talking with the Japanese guards.

The next morning, Japanese guards ordered the prisoners to come up on deck.

He looked at the unconscious Japanese guards and asked how they'd done it.

With the war's end, the Japanese guards simply walked away.

Met up with his Japanese guard fifty years later and became friends.

Many were shot or otherwise killed by the ship's Japanese guards.

The Japanese guard snatched for his revolver, but he was split seconds too late.

This would still present the possibility of the Japanese guards noticing their movement, especially with a nearly full moon.

With the limited Japanese guard, a small group of prisoners had already decided that they would make an escape attempt at about 20:00.