I have made friends with a fellow Canuck whose father, now 93 was a member of the KNLI, survived the war and came to Canada with his bride soon after the war. The father's only comment on his war experience has been "green bananas and rice" nothing else has ever been said to my friend, his son. Nothing has ever been said about the war by the extended Dutch European family either. Obviously, I have been on the net looking into this but it seems to be another backwater to WW2. We all concentrate on the US Pacific War, the Brits, the Aussies, us CN's BUT, the Dutch are left out. I knew years ago about the Dutch East indies and the wars between the Dutch and the Brits way back, for control of the Indies Trade but I had not clued into the fact that the Dutch East Indies were also a primary target for the Japanese. I need some enlightenment here from our Dutch members. I would also appreciate some info on what this guy's WW2 Dutch medal grouping should look like. My friend has no other knowledge to provide...obviously the members of the KNIL would have service numbers ???? Help would be appreciated.