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Lift your dress above your waist. Six words. The translator’s voice cracks on the last one. 37 women stop breathing. The barracks goes so quiet…

Sleep without anything under your blanket tonight. The translator’s voice cracks on the last word. 43 women stop breathing. Fumiko Hayashi, 22, feels her heart…

Touch your toes. Stay in that position. Rinat’s blood turns to ice. The American soldier stands behind her. She can hear his boots on the…

Come to my office alone after lights out. Eight words. The American sergeant stands in the doorway pointing at Kimiko. Every woman in the barracks…

Strip to your undergarments. Hands behind your head. Walk. 12 words. Analise’s legs stop functioning. Her fingers freeze on her coat buttons. January 1945. A…

Massage my shoulders while I work. Six words. Fumiko Osuka, 22, freezes midstep. Her hands go cold. The American officer doesn’t look up from his…

Face the wall, hands flat. Spread your legs. Ela hears his boots first, scraping frozen ground. Closer. Closer. She presses her cheek against cold wood…

Dance. One word. The American sergeant points at the concrete floor. 32 Japanese women freeze against the corrugated metal wall. Saipan. July 1944. The holding…

Hands, chest. Now, three words barked in English. The American solders’s breath fogs in the freezing air. 17 Japanese women press against the wooden wall…