My Time in Hell: Memoir of an American Soldier Imprisoned by the Japanese in World War II

by Andrew D. Carson

Overview

When Andrew Carson joined the United States Army in 1941, he was promised good food, travel, a supply of clothing, a place to sleep, and thirty dollars a month. Within seven weeks, Private Carson was shipped to the Philippines--with no boot camp, no training, not one minute of close order drill. Captured by the Japanese less than one year later, the young soldier endured the hardships of the Cabanatuan prison camps, nearly died from dysentery, and then was put aboard a Japanese hellship bound for Japan. There, he worked in the Fukuoa coal mines, a virtual slave laborer until Japan surrendered. This is the harrowing tale of one man's survival, and how he came through the ordeal with dignity and respect for his fellow soldiers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786473755
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	03/08/2013
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Malnutrition in prison camps caused the late Andrew D. Carson to become clinically blind. He lived in Oakland, California.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments    
Preface    
Note to the Reader    

May 6, 1942: Fort Drum Surrenders to the Japanese    
June-October 1942: Cabanatuan Prison Camp #3    
Cabanatuan Prison Camp #1: Life and Death in the Prison-Camp Hospital    
Zero Ward: The Dying Place    
November 1942–July 1944: Brutality of Work on the Farm    
Hell Ship: The Voyage to Japan    
August or September 1944: Fukuoka, Japan, and Prison Camp #23    
September–December 1944: First Look at the Coal Mine    
Yonoroshi: The Hot Hole    
January 1945–August 1945: Slave Labor in the Coal Mine    
August 1945–November 1945: Japan Surrenders and We Come Home    

Appendix A: “American Salute to Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Memorial Day” (Congressional Record)     
Appendix B: Hell Ships—Just What the Name Implies    

Military History of Andrew D. Carson    
Index    

Editorial Reviews

a valuable addition to the growing body of literature on the POW experience”—Military Review.

From the Publisher

a valuable addition to the growing body of literature on the POW experience

Military Review