Title: P.O.W. in the Pacific
First published: 1998
Description: This is the story of William N. Donovan, a U.S. Army medical officer in the Philippines who, as a prisoner of war, faced unspeakable conditions and abuse in Japanese camps during World War II. Through his own words we learn of the brutality, starvation, and disease that he and other men endured at the hands of their captors. And we learn of the courage and determination that Donovan was able to summon in order to survive.

P.O.W. in the Pacific: Memoirs of an American Doctor in World War II describes the last weeks before Donovan's capture and his struggles after being taken prisoner at the surrender of Corregidor to the Japanese on May 6, 1942. He remained a P.O.W. until his release on August 14, 1945, V-J Day.

Shocking, moving, and yet tinged with Donovan's dry sense of humor, P.O.W. in the Pacific offers a new perspective - that of a medical doctor - on the experience of captivity in Japanese prison camps as well as on the war in the Pacific.
Subjects: American Personal narratives, Biography, Japanese Prisoners and prisons, Medical care, Personal narratives, American, Prisoners and prisons, Japanese, Prisoners of war, Surgeons, United States, United States. Army, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Military, HISTORY, Armed Forces, United states, army, biography, World war, 1939-1945, prisoners and prisons, japanese, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, american, World war, 1939-1945, medical care, Physicians
Places: Philippines, Taiwan, United States
People: William N. Donovan (1910-)
LC classification: D805.T35 D66 1998