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title	:	P.O.W. in the Pacific : Memoirs of an American Doctor in World War II
author	:	Donovan, William N.; Donovan, Josephine; Donovan, Ann Devigne
publisher	:	Scholarly Resources, Inc.
isbn10 | asin	:	0842027254
print isbn13	:	9780842027250
ebook isbn13	:	9780585196343
language	:	English
subject	Donovan, William N.,--1910- , World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American, Prisoners of war--Taiwan--Biography, Prisoners of war--United States--Biography, World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--
publication date	:	1998
lcc	:	D805.T35D66 1998eb
ddc	:	940.54/7252/092
subject	:	Donovan, William N.,--1910- , World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American, Prisoners of war--Taiwan--Biography, Prisoners of war--United States--Biography, World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--

Page iii P.O.W. in the Pacific Memoirs of an American Doctor in World War II William N. Donovan, M.D. Edited by Josephine Donovan with Ann Devigne Donovan A Scholarly Resources Inc. Imprint Wilmington, Delaware

Page iv (c) 1998 by William Nelson Donovan and Josephine Donovan All rights reserved First published 1998 Printed and bound in the United States of America Scholarly Resources Inc. 104 Greenhill Avenue Wilmington, DE 19805-1897 Sources for Illustrations All illustrations owned by William Nelson Donovan except for those in Chapters 3, 4, and 5: National Archives, College Park, Maryland Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Donovan, William N., 1910 P.O.W. in the Pacific: memoirs of an American doctor in World War II / William N. Donovan; edited by Josephine Donovan with Ann Devigne Donovan. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8420-2725-4 (alk. paper) 1. Donovan, William N., 1910- . 2. World War, 1939 1945Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. 3. World War, 1939 1945Personal narratives, American. 4. Prisoners of War TaiwanBiography. 5. Prisoners of warUnited States Biography. 6. World War, 1939-1945Medical careUnited States. 7. World War, 1939-1945Medical carePhilippines. 8. United States. ArmySurgeonsBiography. I. Donovan, Josephine, 1941- . II. Donovan, Ann Devigne, 1951- . III. Title. D805.T35D66 1998 940.54'7252'092dc21 9748354 [B] CIP The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for permanence of paper for printed library materials, Z39.48, 1984.

Page v Editor's Note This book is dedicated to my mother, Dode, whose graceful courage, cheer, and dignity during the war and in her own final battle with cancer will always remain for usalongside my father's remarkable storya source of inspiration and pride.

Page vi Acknowledgments We would like to acknowledge the contributions and support that the following individuals made to this project: David C. Smith, Marilyn Emerick, Charlie Heaberlin, Richard Hancuff, Ann Romines, Niel Leksander, Katherine Leksander, Bill Donovan, the reference staffs at the University of Maine, Portsmouth Public Library, the National Archives, the Center of Military History, and Matthew R. Hershey and Michelle M. Slavin at Scholarly Resources.

Page vii Contents Introduction by Josephine Donovan ix 1 The War Begins 1 2 Bataan 17 3 Corregidor 41 4 Bilibid and Camp #8 59 5 The Prison Ship "Horror Maru" 85 6 Formosa 99 7 Coming Home 111 8 The Home Front by Josephine Donovan 127 Appendix: Deposition for the War Crimes Trials 177

Page ix Introduction World War II has been called the greatest single event in human history. Many studies and many memoirsespecially of the war in Europehave appeared. Less well known is the story of the U.S. forces in the Pacific, and comparatively little attention has been paid to the experience of American prisoners of war held by the Japanese. Many of their stories, which include some of the most heinous atrocities of the war, have not been heard, although a few (mostly privately printed) memoirs and oral histories have appeared. The memoirs presented here are those of my father, William N. Donovan, who was then a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He experienced firsthand many of the decisive events in the war in the Philippines. Stationed at Fort McKinley near Manila when the war broke out, he worked as a battlefront doctor during the siege of Bataan and Corregidor in the early months of 1942. He was taken prisoner by the Japanese at the surrender of Corregidor on May 6, 1942, and remained a POW until late August 1945, shortly after V-J Day (August 14 in the States).

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