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During World War II the Japanese imprisoned more American civilians at Manila's Santo Tomas prison camp than anywhere else, along with British and other nationalities. Placing the camp's story in the wider history of the Pacific war, this book tells how the camp went through a drastic change, from good conditions in the early days to impending mass starvation, before its dramatic rescue by U.S. Army ""flying columns."" Interned as a small boy with his mother and older sister, the author shows the many ways in which the camp's internees handled imprisonment--and their liberation afterwards. Usi

Prisoners of war --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. --- Wilkinson, Rupert. --- Santo Tomas Internment Camp (Manila, Philippines)