Taken in Hong Kong
Author | : Compiled by: Carol Briggs Waite |
Publisher | : PublishAmerica |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2006-08-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781456087500 |
ISBN-13 | : 1456087509 |
Rating | : 4/5 (509 Downloads) |
Download or read book Taken in Hong Kong written by Compiled by: Carol Briggs Waite and published by PublishAmerica. This book was released on 2006-08-14 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story of the invasion of Hong Kong by the Japanese in World War II, attacked the same day as Pearl Harbor, relates the first-hand experience of a thirty-six-year-old Standard Oil employee: the escape across Hong Kong harbor while bombs are falling, hiding in Victoria hills, and the subsequent internment in a prison camp. The hopeful and hopeless situations in the fight for survival are relayed in detail, followed with the jubilation of repatriation. This memoir is indeed a compelling story of the perils of war and widely divergent human reactions to heart-wrenching experiences