Jonathan F. Vance

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Bamboo Cage

The P.O.W. Diary of Lieutenant Robert Wyse, 1942-1943

 In 1942, RAF flight controller Robert Wyse became a Japanese prisoner of war on the island of Java in Indonesia. Starved, sick, beaten, and worked to near-death, he wasted away until he weighed … 147 View
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Into Battle

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 In the introduction, Vance provides background on the journal’s author, Robert Wise, a flight controller in the Royal Air Force. 8 $0.80 Add
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Malang Prison Camp

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 This section of the diary covers Wyse’s time in Malang Prison Camp, where the prisoners were mistreated and abused by their captors, and suffered from malnutrition and disease. 24 $2.40 Add
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Lyceum Camp, Soerabaja

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 This section of the diary details Wyse’s time at the Lyceum Camp in Soerabaja, on the island of Java. Here he found little solidarity among the prisoners; food was always in short supply, … 30 $3.00 Add
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Darmo Camp

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 This part of the diary covers Wyse’s time at Darmo Camp, which was purported to have better sanitary conditions. Wyse believed that the English officers were not treating the Japanese … 24 $2.40 Add
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A Second Year in Java

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 This section of the diary describes Wyse’s second year in a Janaese prison camp. He begins to experience problems with his eyes; sometimes there is a month between entries. Wyse was … 32 $3.20 Add
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Conclusion

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 The conclusion notes that Wyse buried his diary for fear of being discovered. He spent the rest of the war on Java, and was able to retrieve his diary and type up the manuscript. 4 $0.40 Add