On December 14, 1944, the Oryoku Maru, or "December Ship," was attacked by planes of the U.S. Navy, who had no way of knowing 1,619 Allied POWs were on board. One of those prisoners was then-Lieutenant Arden R. Boellner. Through letters, documents, and interviews with survivors, this is an account of Lt. Colonel Boellner's World War II tour of duty, his capture at Mindanao, life in Japanese POW camps in the Philippines, and the horrors of the "December Ship" that led to his death. Numerous photographs, some published for the first time, show life inside the camps.
On December 14, 1944, the Oryoku Maru, or "December Ship," was attacked by planes of the U.S. Navy, who had no way of knowing 1,619 Allied POWs were on board. One of those prisoners was then-Lieutenant Arden R. Boellner. Through letters, documents, and interviews with survivors, this is an account of Lt. Colonel Boellner's World War II tour of duty, his capture at Mindanao, life in Japanese POW camps in the Philippines, and the horrors of the "December Ship" that led to his death. Numerous photographs, some published for the first time, show life inside the camps.
Table of Contents Preface List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction xiii Letters Home: October-December 1941 Roswell, New Mexico: December 7, 1941 Letters: December 1941-April 1942 Invasion of the Cagayan Sector: May 2-11, 1942 Aftermath of Surrender: May 1942-June 1944 Transfer North to Manila: June 1944 Bilibid Prison and Aboard the Oryoku Maru: October-December 1944 Appendix: Letters Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Preface List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction xiii Letters Home: October-December 1941 Roswell, New Mexico: December 7, 1941 Letters: December 1941-April 1942 Invasion of the Cagayan Sector: May 2-11, 1942 Aftermath of Surrender: May 1942-June 1944 Transfer North to Manila: June 1944 Bilibid Prison and Aboard the Oryoku Maru: October-December 1944 Appendix: Letters Bibliography Index
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