User:JYoung130/Josh Young's Summer Reading Technology Project
Overview
For my project, I will analyze the two main
Conflict #1: World War II (Japanese vs. Americans)
The most broad conflict in
Conflict #2: The Prisoners vs. The Guards
After General King surrendered Bataan, all of the American and Filipino soldiers were sent to prison camps. The one Ghost Soldiers focuses on was located near the city of Cabanatuan, about 100 miles north of Manila. The Japenese prison guards there treated the American prisoners very badly. The gave the prisoners very little food, as little as one small handful of a rice for an entire day.[3] Water as well, was a scarce resource and many prisoners went for days on end without it. The contlict between the guards and the prisoners was very one-sided. Any prisoner that broke a rule or couldn't keep up with that day's work could be beaten, deprived of the little water they had, and even killed, all depending on the mood of the guards. To prevent escape attempts, the Japanese executed nine men when a prisoner escaped, motivating them not to escape for the sake of others. Tension would often flare up between the prisoners and the Japanese but the Americans learned to control themselves or be killed. Life went on that way until the POWs were liberated by the Rangers on January 30, 1945.[4]
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- Cabanatuan Raid
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