Captured on Corregidor
Diary of an American P.O.W. in World War II
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2009
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-4251-5 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-4251-5 (ISBN)
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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 presents an account of the disease, the hunger, and the different ways prisoners coped - 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.
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.
The late John Wright, Jr., lived in Riverside, California.
Table of Contents
Foreword viii
Book
Cooregidor
Book
Cabanatuan
Book Three
Hell
Book Four
The Road Back
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.4.2009 |
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Zusatzinfo | maps, index |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 272 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7864-4251-4 / 0786442514 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-4251-5 / 9780786442515 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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