"Prisoner of the Rising Sun" is the first-hand story of an American naval officer taken prisoner after the Battle of Corregidor. The author, William Berry, is a rare individual - someone who escaped from a Japanese POW camp, was recaptured, and lived to tell of his harrowing punishment at the hands of his captors. His is a story of courage and indomitable will. Hours after the bombing of Pearl Harbour, Japanese forces launched a devastating attack on US troops in the Philippines. In May 1942, after months of battle with no ...
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"Prisoner of the Rising Sun" is the first-hand story of an American naval officer taken prisoner after the Battle of Corregidor. The author, William Berry, is a rare individual - someone who escaped from a Japanese POW camp, was recaptured, and lived to tell of his harrowing punishment at the hands of his captors. His is a story of courage and indomitable will. Hours after the bombing of Pearl Harbour, Japanese forces launched a devastating attack on US troops in the Philippines. In May 1942, after months of battle with no reinforcements and no hope of victory, the remaining American forces, holed up on the tiny island of Corregidor, suffered a humiliating defeat, and 11,000 fighting men became prisoners of war in the largest American capitulation since Appomattox. Those lucky enough to survive the brutal conditions of their captivity remained imprisoned until General MacArthur returned to the Philippines in 1945. In those Japanese prison camps, insufficient food and nonexistent sanitation quickly led to rampant disease. Faced with the likelihood of death, Bill Berry and two other young navy ensigns planned and executed a daring escape into the then unmapped mountain wilderness of central Luzon. For three months the trio eluded the Japanese, aided by the hospitality of sympathetic Filipino villagers. Recaptured, they were transferred to Bilibid, a maximum-security prison near Manila. There they were classified as "special prisoners" for having escaped. They were made to endure extraordinary privation and punishment under a constant threat of summary execution. Berry tells his story with candour and good humour, bringing to life the events, circumstances and friendships of his wartime adventures in the Philippines. His tale of capture, escape, recapture and punishment, vividly recounted with mounting dramatic tension, stands as a testament to the fortitude and bravery of the "battling bastards of Corregidor and Bataan".
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Add this copy of Prisoner of the Rising Sun to cart. $2.87, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by University of Oklahoma Press.
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Like New in Like New jacket. Size: 5x0x8; Univ of Oklahoma Press Publ. 1993. First Printing. Book and DJ in like new and unread condition. DJ is protected in plastic. Like new.
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0806125098. Hardcover; Norman, OK; Univ of Oklahoma Pr; 1993; A 1st Edition; 0.75 x 8.75 x 5.75 Inches; Near Fine in a very good dust jacket; 8.60 X 5.70 X 1.30 inches.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. xiv, 241pp, index, appendix, bw ills, map. Or boards in jacket. Near new. The author was taken prisoner by the Japanese in the Philippines in May 1942. He and 2 others escaped to the jungles of Luzon and were recaptured after 3 months. On recapture they were sent to Bilibid, a maximum security prison near Manila where, as escapes, they were subject to extreme punishment and privation and the constant threat of summary execution.
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8vo. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 241pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, 6 maps. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition, tight and bright, of this firsthand account of an ensign's capture at Corregidor in 1942, escape and recapture.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 1st Printing. 1st printing indicated on copyright page. Fine in a fine jacket looks about new. Inscribed by the author ink on the blank front end paper: "To Kitty + Dean _____ My very best wishes Bill Berry 4/19/93." Signed in the year of publication.
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New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 241 p. Audience: General/trade. 1st edition 1993 with DJ as pictured. Inscribed by Author. Book is NEW
