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[Read more…] about [PDF] [EPUB] Winters Wishes (Love in Vegas) Download. ISBN 13: 9780929398464. Foo : A Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun : The Secret Prison Diary of Frank 'Foo' Fujita (War and the Southwest Series, No 1) Fujita, Frank ; Falk, Stanley L. ; Wear, Robert. This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. These memoirs are unique because of the six thousand Japanese-Americans who saw military service in the war against Japan, only two were captured by the Japanese and one of them was Frank Fujita the only combat soldier taken prisoner by the Japanese. For him, capture involved the implicit threat of torture and execution as a traitor to Japan. Fujita was also a prolific diarist who regularly, and secretly, kept a written record of his experiences. The diary was hidden in the walls of his barracks at the POW camp and later recovered by the army and used in several of the war crimes trials in San Francisco. Fujita also made drawings, which are included in the book, along with photographs some from the Japanese prison camp. Fujita was a member of the 2d Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard. The 2d Battalion was sent to Java, Netherland East Indies, where it was captured intact by the Japanese when the Allied command surrendered there in March, 1942. Fewer than nine hundred Americans were taken prisoner on Java. The bulk of American POWs in Japanese hands surrendered in the Philippines, and most of the published POW memoirs reflect their experience. Fujita’s account of the defense of Java and of the fate of the Lost Battalion” of Texas artillerymen serves to distinguish his memoir from all the others. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. During his time as a POW, Frank "FOO" Fujita kept a diary of daily happenings, embellished with drawings of life in the camp. He secreted the diary in the walls of his barracks, as the practice was forbidden. That diary forms the basis of these memoirs. Fujita's memoirs are also unique in that he was one of the fewer than nine hundred Americans taken prisoner on the island of Java. The bulk of American POWs in Japanese hands surrendered in the Philippines, and most of the published POW memoirs reflect their experience. Fujita's account of the defense of Java and of the fate of the "Lost Battalion" of Texas artillerymen serves to distinguish this memoir from others. At one point while a POW in Japan, Fujita was forced to be part of the Japanese radio group broadcasting propaganda. After the war, he testified at some of the war crime trials in San Francisco, and the diary on which this book is based was used as evidence in those trials. Frank Fujita was called back to active duty as a reservist during the Korean War. He then resumed civilian life and eventually carved out a career as an illustrator for the Air Force. His disabilities from the aftereffects of his mistreatment as a POW have not prevented Fujita and his wife from travelling in their motorhome to almost every state. About the Author : The late FRANK FUJITA was called back to active duty as a reservist during the Korean War. He then resumed civilian life and eventually carved out a career as an illustrator for the Air Force. He appeared on television on C-Span, was filmed at the Admiral Nimitz Museum, and was one of two prisoners of war interviewed by Ted Koppel on Nightline as part of the debate concerning the dropping of the atomic bomb. He was also interviewed as a former POW on the History Channel. Frank "Foo" Fujita. FirstName:Frank; LastName:Fujita; DisplayName:Frank "Foo" Fujita Jr.; BirthDate:1921-10-20; DeathDate:1996-01-01; BirthLocation:Oklahoma; Gender:Male; Ethnicity:JA; GenerationIdentifier:Nisei; Nationality:; ExternalResourceLink:; PrimaryGeography:; Religion:; Frank "Foo" Fujita Jr. (1921-1996) was a Nisei soldier of mixed-race heritage who was a prisoner of war of the Japanese Imperial Army for almost three and a half years while serving in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater during World War II. While his family was never incarcerated during the war because they lived in Texas, Fujita volunteered for the U.S. military and was assigned to the famous Texan 36th Division that was rescued by the 100th / 442nd Regimental Combat Team in the Vosges Mountains of France during the European campaign. Contents. 1 Early Life and Enlistment 2 Japanese POW 3 For More Information 3.1 Books. Early Life and Enlistment. Born on October 20, 1921, and raised in Lawton, Oklahoma, Frank Fujita Jr. was born to Tsuneji Fujita and Ida Pearl Elliott. Fujita's father, Tsuneji Fujita, born on September 28, 1892, in a tiny village near the port of Nagasaki, arrived in America in 1914 and changed his name to Frank. Frank Fujita Sr. headed east and eventually married Ida Pearl in Oklahoma before giving birth to Frank Fujita Jr. When Frank Jr. was 16, Frank Sr., who lived a nomadic, transient life, moved the family to Abilene, Texas, in the Fall of 1937 where Ida put her foot down and told Frank Sr. that it was the last time they would change towns. [1] While in high school, Fujita began to dabble in sketches and drew cartoons from his own creative imagination in his spare time. At Abilene High School, Fujita's artistic drawings garnered him local fame and the nickname "Foo." [2] Fujita's friend Roy McCullough had enlisted in the Texas National Guard, and McCullough portrayed his experiences in the military as an adventure and good times, which influenced Fujita to enlist as well. [3] In August 1938 in Abilene, Texas, Frank Fujita Jr. enlisted in the Texas National Guard where he was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment, 61st Field Artillery Brigade, 36th Division. Fujita expresses in his memoir that at the time of his enlistment, he was six-months underage, 30 pounds underweight, and under-height as well. [4] Upon joining the Texas National Guard, Fujita was assigned as a chauffeur with a private first class status where he drove battery and battalion officers around the military facilities. Two years later in August of 1940, Fujita was sent with the 36th Division to Louisiana for maneuver training for the possibility of mobilization to the Pacific. For the next year, Fujita participated in major U.S. Army military maneuvers and training exercises in Louisiana. In October 1941, Fujita was transferred to E Battery, 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, and subsequently on November 21, 1941 was shipped out for the Philippines. Before the start of World War II, Fujita was shipped in November 1941 to California, Hawai'i, and then to the Philippines. However, the bombing of Pearl Harbor forced Fujita's military transport to divert its course from the Philippines to the Fiji islands. Fujita and his outfit missed the bombing of Pearl Harbor by eight days. [5] While fighting in Java against the Japanese, Dutch, British, and American military forces were divided by the Japanese and eventually taken over by the Japanese Imperial Army. During the Battle of Java, Fujita became a prisoner of war of the Japanese in March 1942. It is important to note the unusual nature of the U.S. military allowing Fujita to continue fighting against the Japanese enemy, when other Japanese American enlistees were initially discharged in Hawai'i and on the West Coast. Shirley Castelnuovo explains in Soldiers of Conscience: Japanese American Military Resisters in World War II that, "individual officers were given the responsibility of deciding on discharges or retention." [6] Although Fujita does not indicate any conversations with his superiors regarding his Japanese ancestry and being retained in his outfit, Castelnuovo's explanation may suggest a plausible interpretation of Fujita's situation. Japanese POW. Although roughly six thousand Japanese Americans saw military service in the war against Japan, serving as either interpreters or translators, only two Nisei were imprisoned by the Japanese in the Pacific Theater. Sergeant Frank Fujita Jr. in Java and Richard Sakakida in the Philippines were captured by the Japanese Imperial Army. Fujita kept a secret diary and documented all of his observations and experiences while in Japanese captivity. The diary eventually became a crucial piece of evidence in the war trials of his Japanese captors and it was incorporated into Fujita's memoir. Fujita was initially imprisoned in Surabaja and Changi Prison Camps in Singapore after his initial capture and then transferred to Omori Prison Island in Tokyo Bay. During the initial stages of captivity, the Japanese military officials did not recognize Fujita as Japanese. It was not until one of the military officials discovered Fujita's Japanese surname, which prompted the Japanese military to attempt to indoctrinate Fujita in the "Japanese ways." However, Fujita is adamant that "if they [referring to the Japanese captors] could not sway me, being part Japanese, over to their side. [and] I had to prove to all the POWs I was thrown in with that I was 100 percent American." [7] Throughout his time in captivity, Fujita recalls in his memoir the difficulties of surviving the harsh imprisonment while demonstrating to the other POWs that he was indeed one of them in an attempt to assuage their fears that he turned his loyalty to the Japanese military. One incident in particular showed the tensions between Fujita's American and Japanese identities. Fujita encountered a fellow American POW, Sergeant John David Provoo, whose nickname was the "Traitor of Corregidor" because he betrayed his unit and aided the Japanese. Fujita learned when Sergeant Provoo and his unit were surrounded and captured by the Japanese, "Provoo donned his Shinto robes and. greeted the Japanese landing force and offered his services." [8] In contrast, when the Japanese officials sought to employ Fujita as a tool in their propaganda campaign by forcing Americans to speak on the radio on behalf of the Japanese Empire, Fujita did not comply with their demands. More importantly, the Japanese officials felt that Fujita's Japanese ethnicity would provide a prime tool for their propaganda campaign. In defiance, Fujita believed that "I was already writing such juvenile stuff that it was completely unusable" for broadcast and that he "had misgivings and problems with our conscience about writing anything for an enemy nation." [9] FOO: A Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun: The Secret Prison Diary of Frank "FOO" Fujita. Fujita was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard. The 2nd Battalion was sent to Java, Netherland East Indies, where it was captured intact by the Japanese when the Allied command surrendered there in March, 1942. Fewer than nine hundred Americans were taken prisoner on Java. The bulk of American POWs in Japanese hands surrendered in the Philippines, and most of the published POW memoirs reflect their experience. Fujita’s account of the defense of Java and of the fate of the "Lost Battalion" of Texas artillerymen serves to distinguish his memoir from all the others. The late FRANK FUJITA was called back to active duty as a reservist during the Korean War. He then resumed civilian life and eventually carved out a career as an illustrator for the Air Force. About Author: STANLEY L. FALK is the former Chief Historian of the U. S. Air Force. He is the author of Bataan: The March of Death, Seventy Days to Singapore and Decision at Leyte. "Readers will be impressed with Fujita’s ebullience and humor that persisted despite the prolonged ordeal he underwent. A gifted illustrator and cartoonist, his artwork from the period gracefully illuminates the narrative."—Publishers Weekly. "His candid retelling of his experiences is vivid and powerful and . . . presents the portrait of an intelligent and aware observer of life. A recommended memoir for both general reading and World War II collections."—Library Journal. "A ripping book . . . a story of courage, tenacity and indomitable human spirit."—The Dallas Morning News. "Fujita provides interesting details about the mistreatment, starvation, and illnesses suffered by American prisoners of war."—Choice.