On graduating from West Point in 1940, Lieutenant John Wright was assigned to Corregidor, Philippine Islands. Captured there by the Japanese, he endured three and a half years of POW conditions described in subsequent war crimes trials as the worst of World War II. This book is built around a diary he smuggled through countless inspections during his imprisonment. A detailed account of the voyage of the "hellships" carrying prisoners from Manila to Japan; the disease, the hunger, and the different ways prisoners coped--or failed to cope--with their ordeal.
On graduating from West Point in 1940, Lieutenant John Wright was assigned to Corregidor, Philippine Islands. Captured there by the Japanese, he endured three and a half years of POW conditions described in subsequent war crimes trials as the worst of World War II. This book is built around a diary he smuggled through countless inspections during his imprisonment. A detailed account of the voyage of the "hellships" carrying prisoners from Manila to Japan; the disease, the hunger, and the different ways prisoners coped--or failed to cope--with their ordeal.
Captured on Corregidor: Diary of an American P.O.W. in World War II
191
Captured on Corregidor: Diary of an American P.O.W. in World War II
191
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780786442515 |
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| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers |
| Publication date: | 03/24/2009 |
| Pages: | 191 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.90(d) |
| Age Range: | 18 Years |