Fukuoka #17 Omuta
Recommended Books

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Under The Samurai Sword, by C.M. Graham
Detailed account the chaotic battle for Bataan, his capture on Corregidor, work as a "farm slave" and, bar none, the best description of slave labor in a mine written by any former American POW. $28.00.
See Graham's bio here
The Forgotten Highlander by Alistair Urquart. Based upon his experience and diaries detailing the battle for Malaya, slavery on the Burma - Thailand Death Railway, surviving the sinking of the Kachidoki Maru and slaving in the mines of Omuta.

More Books selected by Linda Dahl Weeks, creator of the Omuta POW Camp webpages. Not all are specific to this camp nor recommended.