Foo, a Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun: The Secret Prison Diary of Frank "Foo" Fujita (War & the Southwest Series) - Softcover
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This work chronicles the internment of the only Japanese American combat soldier captured during the Pacific campaign of World War II. Frank ""Foo"" Fujita, a Texan who served with the ""Lost Battalion"" of the 36th Infantry Division, recounts his experience in this diary.
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About the Author
The late FRANK FUJITA was called back to active duty as a reservist during the Korean War. He then resumed civilian life and eventually carved out a career as an illustrator for the Air Force. He appeared on television on C-Span, was filmed at the Admiral Nimitz Museum, and was one of two prisoners of war interviewed by Ted Koppel on Nightline as part of the debate concerning the dropping of the atomic bomb. He was also interviewed as a former POW on the History Channel.
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During his time as a POW, Frank "Foo" Fujita kept a diary of daily happenings, embellished with drawings of life in the camp. He secreted the diary in the walls of his barracks, as the practice was forbidden. That diary forms the basis of these memoirs. Fujita's memoirs are also unique in that he was one of the fewer than nine hundred Americans taken prisoner on the island of Java. The bulk of American POWs in Japanese hands surrendered in the Philippines, and most of the published POW memoirs reflect their experience. Fujita's account of the defense of Java and of the fate of the "Lost Battalion" of Texas artillerymen serves to distinguish this memoir from others. At one point while a POW in Japan, Fujita was forced to be part of the Japanese radio group broadcasting propaganda. After the war, he testified at some of the war crime trials in San Francisco, and the diary on which this book is based was used as evidence in those trials.
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FOO A Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun - The Secret Prisin Diary of Frank "Foo" Fujita
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Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American Edition. Fujita was a gunner in the 131st Artillery, the "Lost Battalion" captured on Java in 1942. A unique perspective on being a Japanese POW. As-new, in a dust jacket now preserved in protective mylar. 8vo (371 pages, with 42 illustrations, 26 facsimiles, 4 maps, notes & index). Seller Inventory # 140143
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Second Printing. 371 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. ". Chronicles the internment of the only Japanese American combat soldier captures during the pacific campaign of World War II." - from back cover. Prior owner's address label inside front cover. Moderate wear. Minor lean to spine. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; WORLD WAR 1939 1945 PRISONERS Foo: A Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun - The Secret Prison Diary of Frank "Foo" Fujita. Seller Inventory # 161a4952