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Guests of the Emperor: The Secret History of Japan's Mukden POW Camp Hardcover – June 15, 2010

by Linda Goetz Holmes (Author)
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The one unresolved issue of the Pacific War is the treatment of our prisoners of war, during and after World War II, both by the Japanese and by our own government. Never before in our military history have so many Americans, military and civilian, been taken captive by an enemy at one time. It was a triumph for the Japanese, and an embarrassment to our own government. Over 36,000 men, mostly military but some civilian, were thrown into Japanese military POW camps, forced to labor for companies working to meet quotas for Japan's war effort. Guests of the Emperor takes you inside the largest fixed military prison camp in the Japanese Empire: Mitsubishi's huge factory complex at Mukden, Manchuria, where 1,200 American prisoners were subjected to brutal cold, starvation, beatings, medical experiments and an extremely high death rate while being forced to help manufacture parts for Mitsubishi's Zero fighter planes. This book is the first to reveal conclusively that some Americans at Mukden were singled out for medical experiments by Japan's biological warfare team, the infamous Unit 731, located just a few hundred miles from this camp. Nowhere else did American prisoners despise their officers so much; commit more creative sabotage; survive such brutal cold; endure death by friendly fire; and require the combined efforts of an OSS rescue team and special recovery unit, to come home alive. Anyone who wants to know more about the Pacific War, with all its contradictions and deceptions, will want to read The Manchurian Mystery.
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    Naval Institute Press
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    June 15, 2010
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  6. ISBN-10
    1591143772
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In WWII more than 2,000 American, British, and Australian soldiers were transferred from POW camps in the Philippines and Southeast Asia to the largest single Japanese POW camp in existence, at Mukden, China (now Shenyang). There, they were used as forced labor for Japanese manufacturing giant Mitsubishi, best known at the time for the famed Zero fighter, in open violation of the Geneva Conventions. Conditions at Mukden were brutal, with freezing temperatures, routine beatings, forced malnourishment, and the withholding of medicine. One chilling report referenced the testing of biological weapons on the American prisoners. Much has been written about the conditions in German POW camps of the same period, but even the Nazi Party wasn't willing to risk disregarding the Geneva Conventions. Japan, however, never contemplated the possibility of defeat, or its repercussions, and this secret history shows not only the extent of their arrogance and brutality during the war to end all wars, but also the resilience and determination of the allied prisoners. (Aug.) (c)
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About the Author

Linda Goetz Holmes, was the first Pacific War historian appointed to advise the government s Interagency Working Group declassifying documents on World War II crimes. The author of Unjust Enrichment: How Japan's Companies Built Postwar Fortunes Using American POWs and 4000 Bowls of Rice: A Prisoner of War Comes Home, she lives in Shelter Island, NY.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Naval Institute Press; First Edition (June 15, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 147 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1591143772
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1591143772
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches
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Joe M. Gardner, MSgt, USAF, [Retired]
5.0 out of 5 stars The Secret History of Japan's Mukden POW Camp
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2019
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My late father was in that POW camp from 1942-45. He was on the Tottori Maru when it went from Manila to Pusan, Korea. He was forced into slave labor in the MKK Factory. This book gave me a lot of information that I did not have about that part in his life. It is a very good book. Dad was in HQ Battery 200th & 515th Coast Artillery Regiment of the old New Mexico National Guard. He was at Clark Field the day the war started. This book is a must for families who had people in this part of the war.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening, and heartbreaking, to say the least.
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2016
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I have been trying to research my uncle's years in captivity at the hands of the Japanese. This book has given me the most information as to what he was subjected to during his time at Mukden. Since I found this book, and started reading it, I have found out that my uncle was one of the Mukden 150 that was transferred to Kamioka lead mines. Now to find any books on Kamioka for additional information as my uncle died when his liberation flight crashed in Formosa, now Tiawan.
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Serena
4.0 out of 5 stars POW Torture in Manchuria
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2017
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It's amazing to me that any men who are tortured, starved, overworked, frozen, beaten, and not given even basic medical care can survive three years. And even worse is that most of their officers who were supposed to protect them were stealing from them and doing nothing but protecting their own interests. Nor were the poor men receiving mail and care packages from home or the red cross packages. And, when they did start receiving some of these comforts the boxes were pilfered before the POW's received anything.

The research is superb, but the writing is bland, repetitive, and disjointed which made it difficult to read. Still, the information is heart breaking, horrifying, outrageous, and maddening. Those poor men.
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Leonard J. French Sr.
5.0 out of 5 stars Learning our history through those who fought for us.
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2020
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Learning history is so inspiring. And the first hand facts are very informative. We need to know the history of our patriotic soldiers.
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Maureen Lang
5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing account of what was endured in a Japanese POW camp
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2016
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An informative book about the horrors the prisoners of the Japanese army endured. My father was one of these prisoners and the accounts he told me match what's written here, plus this gave me more information than he was able to share. Not an easy read but it certainly gave me new insight and respect for what the survivors went through.
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Wayne Osborne
5.0 out of 5 stars As expected
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2020
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Great account of terrible times.
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Chuck Cameron. - Marine Mustang PA
5.0 out of 5 stars Good picture of the cruiltiy of the Japanese Army
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2014
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Sad part of history. But within 10 years I lived in Japan as a Marine and found the people to be like our, sometimes run by corrupt leaders.
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David Eilers
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting book
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2013
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This is a nice companion piece to Ms. Holmes other book, Unjust Enrichment. This book is more focused on the Mukden camp.
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