A never-before-published account of the experience of an American
officer at the hands of Japanese captors, Prisoner of the Rising
Sun offers new evidence of the treatment accorded officers and
shows how the Corregidor prisoners fared compared with the
ill-fated Baraan captives. When Japanese aircraft struck airfields
in the Philippines on December 8, 1941, Col. Lewis C. Beebe was
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's chief supply officer. Promoted to
brigadier general, he would become chief of staff for General
Wainwright in 1942. Beebe kept diary records of the Japanese
invasion of the Philippines, their advance to Manila and capture of
the Baraan Peninsula, and their assault on Corregidor. When
Japanese troops took Corregidor, Beebe was among those captured.
During his captivity, Beebe recorded in his diary descriptions of
poor rations, inadequate medical care, and field work in camps in
the Philippines, on Taiwan, and in Manchuria. He also describes the
sometimes greedy behavior of his fellow captives, as well as a
lighter side of camp life that included POW concerts and Red Cross
visits. Annotation and an epilogue by General Beebe's son, Rev.
John McRae Beebe, add details about his military career, and an
introduction by historian Stanley L. Falk places the diary in the
context of the broader American experience of captivity.
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