Arctic explorer survival expert & naturalist Freddy Spencer Chapman was trapped behind enemy lines when the Japanese overran Malaya in 1942. His response was to begin a commando campaign of such lethal effectiveness that the Japanese deployed an entire regiment to hunt him down believing that a 200-strong guerrilla army was responsible for the wholesale destruction of their convoys. He was wounded & racked by tropical disease. His companions were killed or captured & then beheaded. Cut off from friendly forces his only shelter the deep jungle Chapman held out for three years & five months. Jungle Soldier recounts the thrilling & unforgettable adventures of the North country orphan who survived against all odds to become a legend of guerrilla warfare.