Title: We stole to live
Description: Autobiography: An American in Japanese prison.  Sent to find the fleet that had bombed Pearl Harbor, he was rescued by the fleet that bombed Pearl Harbor.  The Japanese Navy treated him like a brother.  Japanese Intelligence treated him rather poorly.  Describes life in a Japanese prison camp and the lives of American and Japanese day-laborers in a Japanese rail yard during WW2. The second nuclear bomb exploded within sight of his prison.  The author writes with humor, insight and love.  A delightful read.
Subjects: American Personal narratives, Biography, Japanese Prisoners and prisons, Prisoners of war, World War, 1939-1945
Places: Japan, United States, Pearl Harbor, Alaska, North Pacific
People: Joseph Rust Brown
Time periods: 1941-1945, Pearl Harbor to VJ Day