I'm only part into the story, but I already love it.

The prisoners-of-war were tired hiding their lathe every time they might be searched, that they hung up a sign "workshop" above one of their huts, and timed it so that the new round of guards thought it had always been there.

Made a PDF with the missing page: https://gwern.net/doc/cs/security/1949-bradley.pdf

Some photos from the camp here: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/eyewitness/galleri...

Photo of men with artificial limbs built in the camp: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C4416

A wireless set hidden in the sole of a prisoner's sandals: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C14187

Wow, as someone that loves vintage machine tools and owns a Monarch 10EE (http://www.lathes.co.uk/monarch/index.html) it's funny to see this little corner of the internet find its way here. This is one of those sites that has information likely not found anywhere else online and few places offline.

This is fascinating really interesting to see how these are built first hand. My father-in-law is one of the only companies still building speed lathes and it's basically the same lathe they have built since 1937.

I'm pretty sure their customers range from SpaceX to Pharma co's and they are just a small shop in midwest PA.