The Secret POW Diary of Walter J. Hinkle: Life in Japanese Captivity during WWII

Preserved within this book is the diary of Lieutenant Walter J. Hinkle.

• The diary begins in the spring of 1941 as he prepared for a new assignment in the Philippines.
• After Japan attacked the Philippines in early December, Hinkle 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 wound refused to heal and...