Counting the Days : POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific

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Counting the Days : POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific

Title remainder

POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific

Statement of responsibility

by Craig B. Smith

Creator

• trueSmith, Craig B.
• Smith, Craig B

Subject

• trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | War and oppression | Hostages and POWs
• trueLife stories -- Law and order | Armed forces personnel
• trueMilitary campaigns
• truePacific Area
• truePrisoners of war
• Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography
• Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography
• trueSoldiers
• trueSurvival (in concentration camps, prisons, etc.)
• trueBiographies
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
• trueWorld War II -- Prisoners and prisons
• trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts -- World War II -- Pacific Theater

Genre

• trueHistory writing
• trueLife stories
• truePersonal narratives
• trueBiography
• trueBiographies

Language

eng

Summary

Counting the Days is the story of six prisoners of war imprisoned by both sides during the conflict the Japanese called the "Pacific War." As in all wars, the prisoners were civilians as well as military personnel. Two of the prisoners were captured on the second day of the war and spent the entire war in prison camps: Garth Dunn, a young Marine captured on Guam who faced a death rate in a Japanese prison 10 times that in battle; and Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki, who suffered the ignominy of being Japanese POW number 1. Simon and Lydia Peters were European expatriates living in the Philippines; the Japanese confiscated their house and belongings, imprisoned them, and eventually released them to a harrowing jungle existence caught between Philippine guerilla raids and Japanese counterattacks. Mitsuye Takahashi was a U.S. citizen of Japanese descent living in Malibu, California, who was imprisoned by the United States for the duration of the war, disrupting her life and separating her from all she owned. Masashi Itoh was a Japanese soldier who remained hidden in the jungles of Guam, held captive by his own conscience and beliefs until 1960, 15 years after the end of the war. This is the story of their struggles to stay alive, the small daily triumphs that kept them going-and for some, their almost miraculous survival

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

940.54/72091823

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

D805.A2

LC item number

S64 2012

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult