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    I Am Alive!: A United States Marine's Story of Survival in a World War II Japanese POW Camp
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    I Am Alive!: A United States Marine's Story of Survival in a World War II Japanese POW Camp
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    I Am Alive!: A United States Marine's Story of Survival in a World War II Japanese POW Camp

    Written by Major Bruce H. Norton and Charles R Jackson

    Narrated by John Henry Cox

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    In the bleak and bitter cold of a copper mine in northern Japan, a Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Navy was given an opportunity to write a prisoner-of-war card for his wife. He was allowed ten words-he used three: "I AM ALIVE!" This message, classic in its poignancy of suffering and despair captures only too well what it meant to be a prisoner of the Japanese Army.

    Now, acclaimed military historian Major Bruce Norton USMC (Ret.) brings to light a long-forgotten memoir by a marine captured at Corregidor in the spring of 1942 and interned for three devastating years by the Japanese. With unflinching prose, the words of Marine Sergeant Major Charles Jackson describe the fierce yet impossible battle for Corregidor, the surrender of thousands of his comrades, the long forced marches, and the lethal reality of the P.O.W. camps. Joining some of the most important eyewitness accounts of war, I Am Alive! is a testament to the men who fought and died for their country. Jackson's unembellished account of what his fellow soldiers endured in the face of inhumanity pays tribute to the men who served America during the war-and shows why we would ultimately prevail.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJun 3, 2003
    ISBN9780739303337

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      Hardships of American POWs in Japan. These stories give excellent insight into both the minds of Americans under extreme duress and their Japanese captors. Also, how officers relate to their men, and the attitudes of the men viz a viz their officers. Extreme deprivations, heat, cold, illnesses - mostly from lack of proper nutrition - and even the story of how a dog survived several prison venues with the soldiers.