South to Bataan, north to Mukden

the long version

This is the story of General William Edward Brougher and his four years of captivity during WWII. Diaries were not allowed in the prison camps, but Brougher wrote on thin notebooks that he rolled up and hid inside bamboo poles. Brougher was stationed in the Philippines when it fell to the Japanese in April of 1942. He and hundreds of other officers were herded into camps. For years they suffered from harsh treatment, near starvation, and illness, but the diaries recount their will to endure. **