3.6 years of hell in Japanese prisoner of war camps, 1942-1945 / Joseph D. Lajzer.
Title
3.6 years of hell in Japanese prisoner of war camps, 1942-1945 / Joseph D. Lajzer.
Subject
Lajzer, Joseph D.
Prisoners of war--Japan--Biography.
Prisoners of war--United States--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Description
Personal account of a Polish-American who enlisted in the US Army and was assigned to the 192nd Tank Battalion.
Sent to the Philippines in late 1941, Lajzer narrates his experiences at the start of the war, defending positions in Luzon ad Bataan, the surrender, Death March and imprisonment as a prisoner of war in Camp O’Donnell, Cabanatuan, Lipa, Bilibid, hell ship to Taiwan and eventual liberation. (There are two illustrations misidentified as Japanese occupation money – one of a Philippine Commonwealth Emergency currency bill from Negros Occidental, and the other guerrilla bill from Bohol. One of the Japanese occupation bills is not from the Philippines, but from Malaya)
Sent to the Philippines in late 1941, Lajzer narrates his experiences at the start of the war, defending positions in Luzon ad Bataan, the surrender, Death March and imprisonment as a prisoner of war in Camp O’Donnell, Cabanatuan, Lipa, Bilibid, hell ship to Taiwan and eventual liberation. (There are two illustrations misidentified as Japanese occupation money – one of a Philippine Commonwealth Emergency currency bill from Negros Occidental, and the other guerrilla bill from Bohol. One of the Japanese occupation bills is not from the Philippines, but from Malaya)
Creator
Lajzer, Joseph D.
Publisher
San Antonio, Tex. : Watercress Press, 2002.
Date
2002
Format
22 x 14 cm.
Type
Softbound
Identifier
934955506
Call Number
D 805 .J3 L27 2002
Accession Number
15288
Pagination
xv, 119 p.
Illustration
ill., maps
Files
Collection
Citation
Lajzer, Joseph D., “3.6 years of hell in Japanese prisoner of war camps, 1942-1945 / Joseph D. Lajzer.,” FHL-Roderick Hall, accessed December 12, 2025, https://fhl.omeka.net/items/show/628.