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Surviving the Rising Sun

Liz Irvine

Surviving the Rising Sun is the story of an American family in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation in World War II. The author was a teenage girl when she was interned in Santo Tomas Prison Camp for over three years, along with her parents, grandmother, and uncle. After Liberation, her grandmother was awarded the Medal of Freedom for her work in aiding the military prisoners in other camps in the Manila area. This book includes diary entries, letters, notes, newspaper articles and over one hundred pictures.

GenresBiography & AutobiographyHistoryWars & ConflictsWorld War IISocial ScienceSociology

405 pages

English edition · First published 2010 by Lulu.com · ISBN 9780557680184

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