Surviving a Japanese Internment Camp
Title | Surviving a Japanese Internment Camp PDF eBook |
Author | Rupert Wilkinson |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 247 |
Release | 2013-12-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0786465700 |
During World War II the Japanese imprisoned more American civilians at Manila's Santo Tomas prison camp than anywhere else, along with British and other nationalities. Placing the camp's story in the wider history of the Pacific war, this book tells how the camp went through a drastic change, from good conditions in the early days to impending mass starvation, before its dramatic rescue by U.S. Army "flying columns." Interned as a small boy with his mother and older sister, the author shows the many ways in which the camp's internees handled imprisonment--and their liberation afterwards. Using a wealth of Santo Tomas memoirs and diaries, plus interviews with other ex-internees and veteran army liberators, he reveals how children reinvented their own society, while adults coped with crowded dormitories, evaded sex restrictions, smuggled in food, and through a strong internee government, dealt with their Japanese overlords. The text explores the attitudes and behavior of Japanese officials, ranging from sadistic cruelty to humane cooperation, and asks philosophical questions about atrocity and moral responsibility.
Santo Tomas Internment Camp, 4 Jan. 1942-3 Feb. 1945
Title | Santo Tomas Internment Camp, 4 Jan. 1942-3 Feb. 1945 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Forces, Pacific |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1945 |
Genre | Santo Tomás Internment Camp (Manila, Philippines) |
ISBN |
So Far from Home
Title | So Far from Home PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce Elliott Johansen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Santo Tomas Internment Camp, 1942-1945
Title | Santo Tomas Internment Camp, 1942-1945 PDF eBook |
Author | Frederic Harper Stevens |
Publisher | |
Pages | 592 |
Release | 1946 |
Genre | Prisoners of war |
ISBN |
Roll Out the Barrel ... the Tanks are Coming
Title | Roll Out the Barrel ... the Tanks are Coming PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph Dioguardi |
Publisher | |
Pages | 22 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN |
Through My Mother's Eyes
Title | Through My Mother's Eyes PDF eBook |
Author | Michael McCoy |
Publisher | Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency |
Pages | 189 |
Release | 2015-02-09 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1631358553 |
Jean-Marie Faggiano and her family were living in the Philippines when Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. The following month, she and her family, along with over 3,600 other non-national civilians, were forced to surrender to the Imperial Japanese Army and live as civilian prisoners of war in the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila. In Through My Mother's Eyes, you will experience how a young girl and her family were able to survive their thirty-seven month ordeal until their nick-of-time rescue by American forces on February 3, 1945. Through My Mother's Eyes is a story of a world rampant with sickness, starvation, and brutality, but it is also an incredible story of love, courage, and enduring faith.
Santo Tomás Internment Camp
Title | Santo Tomás Internment Camp PDF eBook |
Author | James Emmanuel McCall |
Publisher | |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 1945 |
Genre | Caricatures and cartoons |
ISBN |