Prisoners of the Japanese in World War II : statistical history, personal narratives, and memorials concerning POWs in camps and on hellships, civilian internees, Asian slave laborers, and others captured in the Pacific Theater

McFarland

1994

0899508936

English

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1. Prelude to war: aspects of the Japanese relating to their treatment of prisoners
2. Occupation and internment
3. The world of the camp prisoner
4. After the war: the world of the ex-prisoner
5. War crimes
6. Conscript Asian labor: native prisoners
7. The POW Medal
8. Andersonville National Historic Site and POW Museum
9. Statistics
10. The prison ships: the overseas transports
11. Prison camps: Japan -- Formosa (Taiwan) -- Korea -- Manchuria -- China and Hong Kong -- French Indochina -- Burma-Siam Railroad -- Burma -- Siam (Thailand) -- Philippines -- Malaya and Singapore -- Sumatra (Dutch East Indies) -- Java (Dutch East Indies) -- Borneo -- Other islands and territories
App. A. The 1929 Geneva Convention
App. B. Japanese Army Regulations for handling prisoners of war
App. C. United States Armed Forces Code of Conduct
App. D. Prisoner of War resistance: U.S. Army Field Manual No. 21-78
App. E. Glossary of terms used by POWs
App. F. Special literary sources
App. G. Additional sources of information.

Van Waterford is the pseudonym of Willem F. Wanrooy, a POW for more than 3 years.

Pou Maumahara

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19 Dec 2023