Japanese Prisoner Of War Camps Essay

Imagine being joining the war and leaving your family, and then while fighting for your country you are attacked and taken to a scary new unrecognizable land. Imagine fearing for your life while the worry for your family and fellow soldiers overwhelms you. You are then put to unbearable work in terrible conditions. That is what is was like being taken to a Japanese Prisoner of War camp.The Japanese had camps during World War Two called Prisoner of War camps, or POW, which were just as brutal as concentration camps. Prisoners of war from the allies side were imprisoned here. Work for them and hope you don’t die, or fight them and hope they don’t kill you: these were the only choices at these camps. First, to know what the camps looked like

Of the prisoners 1 in 3 died from starvation, work, punishments, or disease (“World War Two-Japanese Prisoner of war camps”, 2000). “Very few of the Japanese guards spoke English and internees were forced to learn Japanese in order to understand commands they were given. Failure to comply with instructions would merit a beating. Tenko was the name given to the daily roll-call and prisoners had to call out their given prisoner number in Japanese.” According to World War Two-Japanese Prisoner Of War camps. From Ancient times to the 20th Century. If you attempted to escape you (and possibly ten other random prisoners) would be publicly executed (“World War Two-Japanese Prisoner of war camps”, 2000). The most common known thing is that they were literally worked to death, they were treated like slaves. The prisoners suffered just as much as Jews did during the

It started when mechanical difficulties caused Louis’s jet to crash while on a search on May 27th 1993, killing 8 of the 11 men on board. The survivors - Louis, pilot “Phil”, and McNamara - with no water and little food were forced to fish and eat birds that landed on their raft, all the while fending off sharks and being almost capsized by a storm. When a japanese bomber attacked no one died then. Later, McNamara died after 33 days at sea. Eventually they were caught and tortured by Mutsuhiro Watanabe, one of the top ten wanted criminals of the time. They were worked and worked and tortured while constantly switching camps, but Louis Zamperini never broke, never gave up, and survived. When he got back everyone believed he was dead, his parents even received a letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt. Although when he returned he got a hero’s welcome. Louis (who was christian) even hunted down and forgave most his captors, and some even became christian because of it. Afterwards nightmares he had been having (starting since he was taken captive) suddenly stopped (“Louis Zamperini” Wikipedia). Louis has quite a story. To sum up my thoughts, these were scary places that are worthy of their own title. These camps were barbarac. Obviously our veterans suffered much having to be captive in these camps. Also, because of his bravery and heroism Louis Zamperini is an idol to all of us. The list about