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Prisoner of the Rising Sun
by Stanley Wort
This
is the story of a young man thrust into the Royal Navy in distant Hong
Kong. He relates some of the humorous situations in which he found himself
and provides a realistic account of what life was like for servicemen
in pre war Hong Kong.
It describes the prelude to war from his point of view and his part in
the Battle for Hong Kong. There follows the story of what happened to
him when taken prisoner and life and death in prison camps in Hong Kong
and Japan. It tells what it was like to be shipped to Japan in the hold
of Japanese merchantmen with constant fear of being torpedoed.
In Japan itself he and his fellow prisoners were used as slave labour.
Treatment was harsh and brutal and although many of them died the Japanese
never broke the spirit of the survivors.
The author explains how it felt to be a prisoner working in a Japanese
factory when a major earthquake struck. He also relates what it was like
to be on the receiving end of a B29 fire raid and what the Japanese did
to downed American airmen. In August 1945 he saw the Japanese bow before
loudspeakers and although he did not
realize it then, heard the Japanese Emperor announce the surrender of
Japan. The book contains a tribute to the efficiency and kindness of the
American forces that got him out and on his way home.
Hardback - Illustrated - Pages 192 - ISBN: 9781848840034 - Price: £19.99 + p&p
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