Foo, a Japanese-American prisoner of the Rising Sun : the secret prison diary of Frank "Foo" Fujita /

During his time as a POW, Frank "Foo" Fujita kept a diary of daily happenings, embellished with drawings of life in the camp. He secreted the diary in the walls of his barracks, as the practice was forbidden. That diary forms the basis of these memoirs. Fujita's memoirs are also uniqu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fujita, Frank, 1921-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, ©1993.
Colección:War and the Southwest series ; no. 1.
Temas:
Fujita, Frank, > 1921-
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Japanese American.
Prisoners of war > Japan > Biography.
Prisoners of war > United States > Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Prisonniers et prisons des japonais.
Prisonniers de guerre > Japon > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Prisoners of war
Japan
United States
Biographies
Personal narratives > American
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Stanley L. Falk
  • Foo joins the Texas National Guard : 1938-1941
  • The 2d Battalion sails for "The Plum": 1941-1942
  • Java falls to the Japanese: January 1942-March 1942
  • Foo becomes a POW: Jaarmarkt and "Bicycle Camp": March 1942-October 1942
  • Singapore and Fukuoka Camp in Nagasaki, Japan: October 1942-February 1943
  • Labor in the shipyards: February 1943-May 1943
  • Guard discovers Foo's Japanese heritage: June 1943-July 1943
  • Foo beaten, Dutchmen tortured: July 1943-October 1943
  • Camp routines at Omori and Bunker Hill: October 1943-December 1943
  • Bunker Hill Boys broadcast: December 1943-June 1944
  • Bombing raids, Benjo Honcho plans escape: June 1944-January 1945
  • Fire bombings of Tokyo: February 1945-May 1945
  • Night of ethyl/methyl alcohol: May 1945-July 1945
  • Japan surrenders: August 1945
  • Okinawa, Alabang, reunions with old friends, home: September 1945
  • Tacoma to Texas: September 1945-February 1946.

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