By Hellship to Hiroshima

Name: By Hellship to Hiroshima
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ISBN: 9781844154036

ISBN-10: 1844154033

ISBN-13: 9781844154036

Edition: 2006

Authors: Terence Kelly

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Taken prisoner in Java, Terence Kelly's captivity was full of incident. He was witness to barbaric cruelty and suffering particularly on the journey packed into a filthy cargo ship under atrocious and inhumane conditions.Once in Japan, he was a slave in the Hitachi shipyards where he got to know other Japanese and learn their language. His book reveals more about the psyche of his captors than other similar works. His Hiroshima camp was unique and was possibly the best camp in which the Japs held POWs. Many of the inmates were influential men, who knew the Far East and had held important posts. The interaction between POWs and captors was fascinating and his book offers a rare insight into…

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List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date: 11/27/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 244
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.50" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English

Preface
Last Days of Freedom	p. 1
Boei Glodok Prison	p. 7
A Voyage Beyond Belief	p. 26
Island of Temples - Innoshima	p. 45
The H.K.V.D.C. move in	p. 56
Hitachi Dockyard	p. 73
The Staple - Food	p. 92
The Genki Boys	p. 107
Living with the Japanese	p. 121
The Second Blessing	p. 155
Our incomprehensible Hosts	p. 170
Innoshima attacked	p. 199
Freedom regained	p. 214
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