Wilcox, Wendell

Born in Hong Kong in 1927, Wendell Wilcox lived in the United States, China, and the Philippines as a child. At the start of World War II, Wilcox resided in the city of Manila with his mother, father, and grandmother. In July 1944, he and his father were detained in a Japanese prison camp in Los Baños. They were rescued by American paratroopers in February 1945.

From the guide to the Wilcox, Wendell, Diary, 1944-1945, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)