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العربية: السير جيكوب فوزا من شرطة جزر سليمان البريطانية، كما ظهر لأول مرة لمشاة البحرية الأمريكية في غوادالكانال، أغسطس 1942. أسره اليابانيين، وتعرض للتعذيب والطعن بالحراب مرارًا وتكرارًا، لكنه رفض إفشاء أي معلومات. على الرغم من إصاباته الخطيرة، هرب ونجا ليس فقط لتسيير العديد من الدوريات ولكن لتلقي الأوسمة الأمريكية والبريطانية.

SGTMAJ VOUSA, British Solomon Islands Constabulary, as he first appeared to U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal, August, 1942. Vouza was captured by the Japanese, tortured and repeatedly bayonetted, but refused to divulge information. Despite serious wounds he escaped, and survived not only to conduct many patrols but to receive U.S. and British decorations. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Guadalcanal/USMC-M-Guadalcanal-4.html

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current20:31, 18 July 2006Thumbnail for version as of 20:31, 18 July 2006400 × 373 (101 KB)Cla68 (talk | contribs)SGTMAJ VOUSA, British Solomon Islands Constabulary, as he first appeared to U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal, August, 1942. Vouza was captured by the Japanese, tortured and repeatedly bayonetted, but refused to divulge information. Despite serious wounds he es

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