Survivor : a personal memoir of one soldier's experience in the battle for the Philippines, the Bataan death march, Japanese slave labor camps & escape from the Japanese hell ship, the Shinyo Maru / by John Playter

Survivor : a personal memoir of one soldier's experience in the battle for the Philippines, the Bataan death march, Japanese slave labor camps & escape from the Japanese hell ship, the Shinyo Maru / by John Playter

Prisoners of war--Japan--Biography.

Prisoners of war--United States--Biography.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines.

World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Philippines.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.

World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.

The title says it all: a personal account of a college graduate reserve officer who was called to active service in 1941 and sent to the Philippines.

He served with the 88th Field Artillery Regiment (Philippine Scouts) in Bataan. As a prisoner of war, he spent time in Camp O’Donnell, Cabanatuan and the Davao Penal Colony, before he was placed on a Japanese “hell ship.” This ship was sunk by an American submarine, which enabled Playter to escape. He was aided by Filipino guerrillas in Mindanao and later evacuated to Australia by submarine.

Playter, John, 1918-

Bolivar, Mo. : Southwest Baptist University, c2000

2000

23 x 15 cm.

Softbound

925359157

D 805 .P6 P59 2000

14652

1st ed.

158 p.

ill.