Healing in Hell
The Memoirs of a Far Eastern POW Medic
Published on 13. December 2011
192 pages
978-1-84468-198-3 (ISBN)
Description
Ken Adams, as a trained medic, was sent out to the Far East and immediately saw action on the Malay Peninsula. Captured at Singapore he initially worked at Changi Hospital. Many moves and much worse capos in Thailand were to follow. He describes his life, work and the terrible conditions endured at the hands of the Japanese and Korea guards and worst of all, the Kempetai secret police.Illnesses such as dysentery, malaria, avitominosis, cholera and smallpox had to be treated with minimal or no medicines. Starvation was a fact of life.The author was frequently moved around and in 1945 took part in a march of many hundreds of miles which inevitably proved fatal to many of his fellow POWs.Liberation and repatriation are movingly described as, most significantly, is the whole process of settling back into normal life after so long in captivity of the worst kind.Healing in Hell is an exceptional account that demands reading.
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Content
- Intro
- Preface
- Maps
- Introduction
- PREPARATION
- 1. Going to War
- 2. Malaya and Singapore
- PRISONER
- 3. Changi Hospital
- 4. From Bad to Worse
- 5. Avalanche of Disease
- 6. Kanchanaburi Hospital Camp
- 7. Glimpses of 'King Rat'
- 8. Starving in Central Thailand: The Last Six Months
- FREEDOM
- 9. The Joy and Fear of Freedom
- 10. Confronting Reality: Adjusting to Family Life
- 11. Disconnecting with the Community?
- REFLECTIONS
- 12. Surviving as a POW
- 13. 'Yellow Little Bastards': Evolving Perceptions of Race
- 14. Enduring Legacy
- Bibliography
- Index
