Surviving Hell Surrender on Cebu eBook Lewis Miner William Miner
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Surviving Hell is a harrowing account of Lieutenant Colonel William Miner, taken prisoner for 39 months after his unit surrendered to the Japanese on the island of Cebu, Philippines, during World War II. Despite losing every friend in his unit and suffering from torture and deprivation that would “warp men’s souls,” Bill Miner professed, “I am lucky. People fell beside me and people were blown apart beside me. Anywhere I went as a prisoner, I tried to be aware of the situation and use it the best I could to survive.” This fascinating and arresting true story features excerpts from Bill Miner’s personal prison diary, which he kept despite the accompanying risk of torture or even death, along with photos and post-war recollections.
Surviving Hell Surrender on Cebu eBook Lewis Miner William Miner
I did enjoy this book other than some chapters which were dedicated to each and every (usually) officer he served with in the Philippines before and during WWII. Over all it gives a picture of Manila before the war began and how truly diversified its culture was at that time. And the life of an army infantry officer before hostilities started. Also the complete disorder once the Japanese began their bombing campaign even though the command was warned well in advance. Of the horrors of becoming a POW in the hands of the Japanese army including transport on unmarked ships carrying our POWs from the PI to Formosa and beyond.Product details
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Surviving Hell Surrender on Cebu eBook Lewis Miner William Miner Reviews
Surviving Hell Surrender on Cebu, is an outstanding story!
It's one of the best accounts I have ever read about a POW's horrible life under the Japanese. It is very well written
and very good and authentic. LTC Miner was a keen observer of people, places and events. To have been able to remember
them in this book is most remarkable. This should be made into a movie...
By page 158 we have been told many stories about jobs he held and situations to be overcome regarding those jobs. Countless stories about socializing before the war began. More countless stories about other officers he had met and in most cases their ultimate fate, whether they lived or died and how they died. By page 158, which I believe was almost two thirds of the book, the war has just begun but he is still not a POW. I bought a book to read what it was like to be a POW under the Japanese. I actually gave up on it at page 158.
The book was written in such a way that I was unable to sympathize with him in the least. I don't really understand what it was about this person that I disliked. I call him "this person" as it has been a few weeks since I put the book down and I can't remember his name. I do know that I was disgusted with the book and myself. Myself, for wasting money and the time it took to read 158 pages.
Very informative for a guy like me born in 1040. And only read about the European
Campaign many thankd
Interesting in general apart from the continual mini - listing of numerous contacts and their backgrounds which became boring & unnecessary.
I am so thankful that some of the survivors of inhumane treatment by the Japanese in World War II were able to put their experiences in words so we will never forget what happened. Thanks for the words! And, thanks for your service!
Not too much about Cebu, which I was looking for.
My interest in this book was prompted by many of the characters that Lt. Col. Miner mentions, many of whom I know or have known. I was born and raised in Cebu and am related to or have known of many of the characters he mentions and discusses. It was a great (and pleasing) surprise to me to read the author describing and encounter in 1941 with my mother while on leave in the island of Cebu `a beautiful Spanish girl named Romana (Ramona) Corominas. Seniorita Corominas' family was part owner of the boat and the steamship line'. I have not met or did not know of Lt. Col. Miner until I came across this book. He was one of the tens of thousands of American servicemen who made great sacrifices in the Philippines during the war against Japan. It is an intriguing co-incidence that he should have met my mother in the period just before the war began, at a historical conjuncture that was marked by great violence, destruction and change.
There are many memoirs and histories of the war in the Philippines that are available, some of which I have read. The great value in these reminiscences is that the author has a good capacity for self reflection on the events that eventually were to engulf his life. He provides a very good portrait of the rather tranquil, and in some senses idyllic time (in the Visayan region of the Philippines). He was assigned to train soldiers in the province of Bohol, which is a short boat ride from the island of Cebu (where I was born and grew up).
Bohol is still a fairly undeveloped province of the Philippines, but that is part of its great charm. It also has some of the most stunning beaches, the best diving, cool mountain breeze evenings, a generally friendly ambiance, and some of the most interesting geography (e.g. the `Chocolate Hills'- google that and be amazed. My sister also has a theory about early visits from ancient civilisations- we have this weird, pyramid like hill next to a coconut grove we own just outside of Tagbilaran- but that is another story).
Life in prewar Bohol (where my father grew up) is a bit of a mystery. To have this picture of life and lives drawn up for us by an educated and reflective American officer from Indiana is invaluable. The book also gives an `on the ground' feel for life in pre-war Cebu.
Sometimes the language and sentence construction in this book is a bit rough. Memoirs, unless you are a master of the English language, usually need a great deal of assistance from copy editors. Smaller publishing ventures often don't have copy editors available to them. But once you get into this book you do get a certain feeling for the authors experience. Most military experiences are less about fighting than they are about routines, preparation and chaos. There is also the experience of the soldier in a strange, faraway land, separated from his (or her) loved ones, confronting cultures that are vastly different yet strangely similar, facing adversity and the loss of comrades. This story has all of those elements.
I did enjoy this book other than some chapters which were dedicated to each and every (usually) officer he served with in the Philippines before and during WWII. Over all it gives a picture of Manila before the war began and how truly diversified its culture was at that time. And the life of an army infantry officer before hostilities started. Also the complete disorder once the Japanese began their bombing campaign even though the command was warned well in advance. Of the horrors of becoming a POW in the hands of the Japanese army including transport on unmarked ships carrying our POWs from the PI to Formosa and beyond.
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