Sketches from the Hintok POW Camp : 1943-1944 / by John Wisecup, 1999.

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Sketches from the Hintok POW Camp : 1943-1944 / by John Wisecup, 1999.

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John Wisecup, a Marine Corps veteran and a survivor of the sinking of the cruiser USS Houston. His postwar sketches of life as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese at Hintok, Thailand, 1942-44. Bridge-building details; "Pack of Cards" bridge; Japanese cruelties and atrocities; tropical diseases; burial details. Includes six leaves of a poem titled, "Saga of Bamboo Jim," an introduction, and a foreword.

6, [28] leaves : facsims. ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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