Smith fought in Bataan and Corregidor. survived the infamous Bataan death march. and then endured 42 months of Japanese prison camps in Formosa. the Philippines. and Manchuria. Mrs. Smith. meanwhile. was put in a camp run by the American Refugee Association in a former school. She lived there for about 2 years. until the Japanese took over the school building. Thereafter. she and the others lived as best they could. but were not permitted to earn a living. The American Government sent American dependents a small amount of relief through the Swiss consulate. At irregular intervals in the years after the Smiths returned to the United States. they received bills of varying amounts from the Department of State which were said to represent the amount Mrs. Smith owed for the maintenance payments made to her during her involuntary refugee status in Shanghai. The Smiths were busy raising their five children and trying to recover from the economic deprivations of his long period of imprisonment in the service of his country. Veterans advisers counseled them to ignore the bills which were received with uncertain and inconsistent justification.
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