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Terraced Hell: A Japanese Memoir of Defeat & Death in Northern Luzon, Philippines

Ogawa, Tetsuro
ISBN: 080481001X Category:

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First Edition. This memoir from a Japanese civilian placed with the army in World War II offers a rare glimpse of the Japanese experience and psychology during this desperate time.

Near the end of World War II , when the Japanese military machine was crushed but still hanging on, thousands of Japanese soldiers and civilians were caught in the backlash of the war in Northern Luzon, the Philippines, where half a million Japanese perished.

This is an honest and straightforward account of defeat and death in the Philippines, described by a Japanese teacher who survived the horrible ordeal. Several things compelled me to write this story,” says Ogawa. “”Since it was my record of a dangerous and fateful year in my life

Additional Information

AuthorOgawa, Tetsuro
PublisherCharles E. Tuttle Company,
Year Published1972
Book Condition

FINE

Binding Type

Hardcover in Dustjacket

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