We Were Next To Nothing - An American POW s Account Of Japanese Prison Camps And Deliverance

Informationen zum Autor The late Carl S. Nordin lived in New Richmond, Wisconsin. Klappentext On December 1, 1941, the author's unit was sent to the southern Philippine island of Mindanao to establish an air base. Less than six months later, on May 10, 1942, Sergeant Nordin was captured by the Japanese. For two years he was imprisoned on Mindanao before boarding a Japanese hellship destined for Moji, Japan. He spent the remainder of the war working on the railroad in Yokkaichi. Throughout his time in captivity, the author detailed the conditions and his thoughts on the camps in a secret diary that became the basis of this work. This powerful story recounts the horrors of the prison camps, the torturous journey on the hellship, and the little things that provided him and his fellow prisoners the strength to survive. Zusammenfassung On May 10! 1942! Sergeant Nordin was captured by the Japanese. For two years he was imprisoned on Mindanao before boarding a Japanese hellship destined for Moji! Japan. He spent the remainder of the war working on the railroad in Yokkaichi. Throughout! the author kept a secret diary that became the basis of this work.

Product details

• Authors: Carl S. Nordin, Nordin Carl S.
• Publisher: McFarland
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2004
• EAN: 9780786421626
• ISBN: 978-0-7864-2162-6
• No. of pages: 257
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Biography: general, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Military / General, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Prisoners of War, World War II, History of the Americas, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Biography: philosophy and social sciences, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General