Mitsui madhouse : memoir of a U.S. Army Air Corps POW in World War II / by Herbert Zincke with Scott A. Mills.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zincke, Herbert, 1919-

Contributor:

Mills, Scott A., 1924-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zincke, Herbert, 1919-.

Zincke, Herbert.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.

Bomber pilots--United States--Biography.

Bomber pilots.

United States.

Prisoners of war--Japan--Biography.

Prisoners of war.

Japan.

World War, 1939-1945--Philippines.

Genre:

Personal narratives -- American.

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

viii, 186 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2003]

Summary:

This work -- the story of Herbert Zincke's survival -- is drawn from the secret diary he managed to keep out of his Japanese captors' hands. Zincke recollects being spared death by the Japanese camp commander's samurai sword, the diet of rice and thin soup that resulted in drastic weight loss and an inability to do the required factory work, the POW British doctor who attended the prisoners and was frequently beaten because of his constant efforts to keep the sick men from going to work, and many of the other terrible conditions and experiences he endured during three years of imprisonment.

Contents:

Scott Field to Hawaii, April 7, 1937, to September 3, 1941

Clark Field, Philippines, September 3, 1941, to December 24, 1941

Bataan to Malabang, December 24, 1941, to April 20, 1942

PBY flying boats, April 20, 1942, to May 1, 1942

Under General Fort, May 1, 1942, to May 27, 1942

Surrender and death march, May 26, 1942, to July 11, 1942

Malaybalay, July 18, 1942, to September 30, 1942

Transport to Japan, September 30, 1942, to November 12, 1942

In the care of Doc Curtin, Porky, and a guard, November 12, 1942, to April 20, 1943

Master Sergeant Shiozawa, April 20, 1943, to September 16, 1943

My friendly factory boss, September 16, 1943, to December 31, 1943

Never enough to eat, January 1, 1944, to October 31, 1944

Early B-29 raids, November 1, 1944, to January 17, 1945

An easier mood, January 17, 1945, to February 25, 1945

Incendiary bombing, February 25, 1945, to June 1, 1945

Sgt. Mizuno, June 1, 1945, to July 1, 1945

Hidatchi, July 2, 1945, to July 17, 1945

Destruction of Hidatchi, July 18, 1945, to August 14, 1945

Peace, August 15, 1945, to September 8, 1945.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 181) and index.

ISBN:

0786414286

OCLC:

50598297