Captured on Corregidor
Author | : John M. Wright, Jr. |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2016-01-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781476622750 |
ISBN-13 | : 1476622752 |
Rating | : 4/5 (752 Downloads) |
Download or read book Captured on Corregidor written by John M. Wright, Jr. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.