This is the war diary of one of the longest-serving American POWs in the Pacific.

Preserved within this book is the diary of Lieutenant Walter J. Hinkle.

• The diary begins in the spring of 1941 as he prepared for a new assignment in the Philippines.
• After Japan attacked the Philippines in early December, Hinkle was wounded and taken to a hospital for surgery.
• When the Philippines fell in May 1942, he became a prisoner of war at the Davao Penal Colony, where his wound refused to heal and his right leg was amputated below the knee.
• As a bed-ridden invalid, Hinkle wrote about his life as a prisoner of the Japanese.
• To prevent the growing diary from being confiscated by camp guards, Hinkle concealed it within a false compartment built into his wooden leg.
• His 136,000-word diary offers a rare and very personal account of one of the longest periods of Japanese military captivity experienced by any American during the Second World War.

Hinkle's writings are supplemented by excerpts from several other diaries for context. These additional writers include a Japanese soldier, Filipino local, Bataan Death March survivor, and Davao Penal Colony escapee.

About the Author
From an early age, J. Forrest Pollard developed an interest in the Pacific War, and that interest remains with him today. He has previously published one book on the history of found war relics from the Pacific War.


Book Information
ISBN 9780764363504
Author J. Forrest Pollard
Format Hardback
Page Count 336
Imprint Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Publisher Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Weight(grams) 1179g