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Omuta
[ aw-moo-tah ]
noun
- a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
Omuta
/ ˈəʊmuːˌtɑː /
noun
- a city in SW Japan, on W Kyushu on Ariake Bay: former coal-mining centre; chemical industries and manufacturing. Pop: 139 345 (2002 est)
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Tenney was forced to work for coal mine near the town of Omuta run by Mitsui Mining Company during the war.
From Washington Times
After a 28-day journey by ship to Japan, Tenney worked at a coal mine near the town of Omuta run by the Mitsui Mining Co., shoveling coal 12 hours a day for three years.
From US News
Behind the case�a deep hatred of Little by some Army, Navy and Marine Corps enlisted men who had been his fellow prisoners of war at Camp 17, Omuta, where the Japanese worked American P.W.s in the coal mines.
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