During WWII, American military personnel and civilians captured by the Japanese on the Pacific island of Guam were shipped to Japan to be used as labor for Japanese industries. There they suffered illness, starvation, and cruel torture. Drawing on diaries, interviews with survivors, and official records, this work tells the story of their capture, enslavement, liberation and the trip home, and the lingering psychological and medical scars. The detailed account contains many quotes from survivors describing how they coped. Author Mansell, an Army veteran, compiled a wealth of research on POWs. Co-author Linda Goetz Holmes, a historian of Allied POWs, finished this book's manuscript after Mansell's death in 2010. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)