We Were Next to Nothing: An American POW's Account of Japanese Prison Camps and Deliverance in World War II

by Carl S. Nordin

Book Overview

On December 1, 1941, the author's unit was sent to the southern Philippine island of Mindanao to establish an air base. Less than six months later, on May 10, 1942, Sergeant Nordin was captured by the Japanese.

For two years he was imprisoned on Mindanao before boarding a Japanese hellship destined for Moji, Japan. He spent the remainder of the war working on the railroad in Yokkaichi. Throughout his time in captivity, the author detailed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786421622
• ISBN13: 9780786421626
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher