This is the story of a young Royal Artillery officer, Lieutenant Ronald Williams, who was held as a prisoner of war in the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies from 1942-45. It is a true account of the alternate horror & banality of daily life, & the humour that helped the men survive the beatings, deprivation & death of comrades. Told through the diary & papers of Williams & others, Jungle Journal
Includes:: many cartoons & poems produced by the prisoners, as well as extracts from the original Jungle Journal, a newspaper created by the men under the noses of their guards. Ronald Williams was the `editor` of this potentially fatal `publication`. Jungle Journal describes the survival of hope even in desperate straits, & is a testament to those men whose courage & fortitude were tested to the limit under the tropical sun.