THE SECRET POW DIARY OF WALTER J. HINKLE: Life in Japanese Captivity During WWII

The diary begins in the spring of 1941 as Hinkle prepared for an assignment in the Philippines. After Japan attacked in early December, he was wounded and taken to a hospital for surgery. When the Philippines fell in May 1942, he became a prisoner of war at the Davao Penal Colony where his right leg was amputated below the knee. Well illus.