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.

The late John Wright, Jr., lived in Riverside, California.

John M. Wright, Jr.
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 191
Bibliographic Info: maps, index
Copyright Date: 2009 [1988]
pISBN: 978-0-7864-4251-5
eISBN: 978-1-4766-2275-0
Imprint: McFarland

Foreword      viii

Book One
Cooregidor      3

Book Two
Cabanatuan      47

Book Three
Hell      85

Book Four
The Road Back      137

Index      179

• “Gripping…memorable…other survivors have published their stories but this is one of the most detailed and best written…recommended”—Library Journal

• “A poignant book…[for] young adults”—School Library Journal

• “Should be on everyone’s bookshelf”—Saber

• “Highly recommended”—Argunners Magazine