Long Night’s Journey into Day: Prisoners of War in Hong Kong and Japan, 1941-1945

Preface

This book has been published with the help of a grant from Associated Medical Services Inc., through the Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine Program. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program . We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program for our publishing activities. National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data Roland, Charles G., 1933– Long night’s journey into day: prisoners of war in Hong Kong and Japan, 1941–1945 Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-88920-362-8 1. World War, 1939–1945—Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. 2. World War, 1939–1945—Medical care—Japan. 3. Prisoners of war—Health and hygiene—Japan. 4. Prisoners of war—China—Hong Kong. 5. Prisoners of war—Japan. I. Title. D805.H85R64 2001 940.54’7252 C2001-930465-X© 2001 Wilfrid Laurier University Press Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5 Cover design by Leslie Macredie. Front cover photograph of HMCS Prince Robert returning to Canada with ex-prisoners of war, October 1945. Back cover photographs, top to bottom: Salesian Mission near Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong; aerial view of Camp 5B, Niigata; interior of barracks at Sham Shui Po POW Camp, 1944; Lye Mun Passage separating mainland and Hong Kong Island. Printed in Canada All rights reserved. No part of this work covered by the copyrights hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical —without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any request for photocopying , recording, taping, or reproducing in information storage and retrieval systems of any part of this book shall be directed in writing to the Canadian Reprography Collective, 214 King Street West, Suite 312, Toronto, Ontario M5H 3S6. Dedication This book is dedicated to the medical officers, nurses, and medical orderlies who endured captivity in the Far East and who laboured under the most appalling difficulties to care for their patients, and to Connie Rankin Roland, who participated actively in the research and who helped and inspired in many other ways. This page intentionally left blank “We live not as we would but as we can.” –Menander ...