Escape From The River Kwai (1980) By Joan & Clair Blair
 
The famous movie "Bridge on the River Kwai" (which I have not seen) tells a somewhat fictionalized account of the British and Australian POW soldiers who were forced to build the "Railway of Death" during WWII for the Japanese. "Return From the River Kwai" tells the harrowing tale of about 2200 of those soldiers who were selected because they were healthier than the others to be sent to Japan for work in the factories there. While en route the ships they sailed on, the Kachidoki Maru and Rakuyo Maru, were torpedoed and sunk by American submarines who weren't aware that they carried human cargo. The men who survived spent as much as a week floating in the ocean before being rescued by those same submarines. This book tells the firsthand accounts of their experiences and the hardships they endured, from the terrible conditions in POW camps and the difficulties of staying afloat and sane in a vast ocean, to the joys of being rescued and returned to society.
 
Soft Cover
338 pages
In Good Condition