The Jungle Journal
Prisoners of the Japanese in Java 1942-45
Published on 1. March 2013
240 pages
978-0-7524-9249-0 (ISBN)
Description
This is the story of a young Royal Artillery officer, Lieutenant Ronald Williams, who was held as a prisoner of war in the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies from 1942-45. It is a true account of the alternate horror and banality of daily life, and the humour that helped the men survive the beatings, deprivation and death of comrades. Told through the diary and papers of Williams and others, Jungle Journal includes many cartoons and poems produced by the prisoners, as well as extracts from the original Jungle Journal, a newspaper created by the men under the noses of their guards. Ronald Williams was the 'editor' of this potentially fatal 'publication'. Jungle Journal describes the survival of hope even in desperate straits, and is a testament to those men whose courage and fortitude were tested to the limit under the tropical sun.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
File size
5,25 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7524-9249-0 (9780752492490)
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The History Press Ltd
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Foreword by Major General Morgan Llewellyn
- Introduction
- Part I: 'Under the Poached Egg'
- 1: Diary of the 77th's 'Hell on Paradise Island'
- 2: My Time in Japanese POW Camps Around West Java
- 3: Records of Violations Against POWs (Bandoeng Camps Mainly) in 1945 and POW Deaths 1942-45
- 4: Authentic Anecdotes and Insights gathered by Ronald Williams from POW Camps on Java
- 5: Verses in Captivity, 1942-45
- 6: End of the Nightmare and the Journey Home
- Part II: Appendices
- 1: Volunteering for Military Service
- 2: A Dark Night Descends over the Dutch East Indies
- 3: Camp Journals Produced in Captivity, 1942-45
- 4: Alleged Japanese Atrocities Committed on Java and on the Java Sea in 1942
- 5: One Came Back Home
- 6: Christmas Day and the Monkey (1943)
- 7: The Nippon Times
- 8: Life in a Women's Internment Camp on Java
- 9: The Island of Java
- 10: Correspondence and POW Mail
- 11: The History of the 77th Welsh HAA Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Plates
- Copyright
