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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Prisoner of the rising sun	Stanley Wort	"I was told that because a regular signalman had failed to return from leave, and because mine was the last name alpabetically on the list of new boys, I was being sent in his place."When the author …	OL15457911W
Unbroken	Laura Hillenbrand	On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surfac…	OL15616412W
King Rat (Asian Saga	James Clavell	The time is World War II. The place is a brutal prison camp deep in Japanese-occupied territory. Here, within the seething mass of humanity, one man, an American corporal, seeks dominance over both c…	OL16028991W
The real Tenko	Mark Felton	"This book details the treatment of Allied service-women, female civilians and local women by the Japanese occupation forces. While a number of memoirs have been published there is no dedicated volum…	OL16617281W
The promise of rain	Donna Milner	Howard Coulter was one of hundreds of Canadian soldiers sent to the Far East following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. He became a POW, moving from camp to notorious camp, watching his friends …	OL17872766W
Shame and the captives	Thomas Keneally	"Based on true events, this beautifully rendered novel from the author of Schindler's List and The Daughters of Mars brilliantly explores a World War II prison camp, where Japanese prisoners resolve …	OL19993224W
No better friend	Robert Weintraub	Flight technician Frank Williams and Judy, a purebred pointer, met in the most unlikely of places: a World War II internment camp in the Pacific. Judy was a fiercely loyal dog, with a keen sense for …	OL20010069W
Remembering Weary	Margaret Geddes	Collection of interviews with friends, colleagues and family which provide an insight into Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop. Also includes letters and the eulogy from his funeral service delivered by the fo…	OL20606013W
Hell on earth	Dave McIntosh	x, 277 p., [8] p. of plates : 24 cm	OL2288977W
Tomorrow you die	Andy Coogan	"Andy Coogan was born in Glasgow in 1917, the oldest child of poor Irish immigrants. He was tipped for Olympic glory, but a promising running career was interrupted by war service. His capture during…	OL23229124W
The damned	Nathan M. Greenfield	"The Damned tells the largely unknown saga of Canada's first land battle of the Second World War - fought in the hills and valleys of Hong Kong in December 1941--and the terrible years the survivors …	OL23434566W
Survivor on the River Kwai	Reg Twigg	"Called up in 1940, Reg expected to be fighting Germans. Instead, he found himself caught up in the worst military defeat in modern British history - the fall of Singapore to the Japanese. What follo…	OL24436617W
Captive of the River Kwae	Micool Brooke	On the prisoners of World War, 1939-1945 at Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand.	OL2612135W
Under the rising sun	Mario Machi	176 p. : 22 cm	OL3037757W
Unjust Enrichment	Linda Goetz Holmes	During World War II, 32,260 Americans were held as prisoners of war of the Japanese. Thousands were shipped to do forced labor in the factories, shipyards, & mines of Japan--at the specific request o…	OL3581237W
Evidence not seen	Darlene Deibler Rose	The true story of one woman's triumph of faith. Newlywed American missionary Darlene Deibler Rose survived four years in a notorious Japanese prison camp set deep in the jungles of New Guinea. Thinki…	OL4467504W
A boy's war	David J. Michell	Any description other than from those who knew the author well will fail this straightforward narrative of a boy's experience in a Japanese prison in China. A moving account by the author documenting…	OL4821824W
Surviving the sword	Brian MacArthur	During World War II, there were few fates that could befall a soldier so hellish as internment in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. To this day, many survivors -- most of whom are now in their 80s -- …	OL4835445W
The war diaries of Weary Dunlop	E. E. Dunlop	Diaries record how camps were organised, deaths, cholera epidemics, operations, torture and movement of prisoners up and down the line.	OL5007368W
Conduct under fire	John Glusman	A gripping chronicle of courage in captivity, of sacrifice and survival, Conduct Under Fire recounts the fierce, bloody battles of Bataan and Corregidor through the eyes of the author’s father and th…	OL5843957W