Counting the Days : POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific / Craig B. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Craig B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

World War, 1939-1945.

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

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.

Prisoners of war--Japan--Biography.

Prisoners of war.

Japan.

Prisoners of war--United States--Biography.

United States.

World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area.

Genre:

Personal narratives.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxv, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2012]

Summary:

Drawing on military records, personal accounts, diaries and field research, this volume on personal stories of perseverance during the Second World War chronicles the experiences of prisoners of war from both sides of the conflict. The work follows the stories of six prisoners, and explores their determination to survive their captivity, as well as the effects of these wartime experiences on the res of their lives. The work includes journal entries and correspondence from the prisoners, and several black and white photographs. Smith is the author of How the Great Pyramid was Built, and Extreme Waves. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

December 1941

Origins

Davao Gold Mine

Insular patrol

Yokohama Bank

Argentina Maru

The dentist's house

Zentsuji

Relocation

American sojourn

Across the Gulf of Davao

Osaka

Houses in the jungle

A riot and a marriage

Happy life blues cabaret

Hirohata

The battle for Guam

MacArthur returns

Free at last

Prisoner of war number 1

Home from Manzanar

Stragglers: prisoners of conscience

Picking up the pieces

Epilogue: prisoners today.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-242) and index.

ISBN:

9781588343550

1588343553

OCLC:

747527844