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.