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WWII POWs want their day in court/ Cold War treaty an obstacle to slave laborers suing Japan
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When Roger Montoya returned home from World War II, friends
peppered him with questions. They wanted to know how he survived
battle, what the war was like, how many Japanese soldiers he killed.
Montoya, an anti-aircraft gunner who earned a Purple Heart and
Bronze Star, didn't want to talk about it.
"It was too painful. I wanted to forget it," said Montoya, a
retired house painter who lives in Colorado Springs.
Montoya, 83, kept his silence for decades. His parents died...
