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Counting the Days: POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific Hardcover – May 8, 2012

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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Smithsonian Books; First Edition edition (May 8, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1588343553
  • ISBN-13: 978-1588343550
  • Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1 x 9.2 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsFascinating Stories of WWII
By P. Minch on February 27, 2016
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A beautifully written anthology of fascinating stories about a few hardy souls who managed to survive the harsh conditions in which they found themselves trapped during World War II. The book is particularly interesting in that these survivors include both Japanese and American survivors, a reminder that there are two or more sides in every war. Very well researched.
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3.0 out of 5 starsForgiveness is one thing ...
By John H. VINE VOICE on January 15, 2015
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Naivete is quite another.

I appreciate the author's research. It seems he is an engineer (author) and well-traveled, but is not a veteran himself. It shows.

The follow-ups on what happened to the key persons are very dramatic and grip the reader's interest. I especially appreciated the one story that follows the Guam marine and POW, from capture till the end of the war, since this story has apparently never been told elsewhere in any previous book.

However, all of his kind of PC (political correctness) commentary on the removal of the 112,000 Japanese ethnics from the USA's west coast Exclusion Zone, as an urgent and prudent military necessity, is misplaced and inaccurate. The reader may question why this was even included in this book. He gets the basic facts and numbers wrong: Over 40,000 of those relocated by the WRA were not even citizens. Thousands did not speak English, and even renounced U.S. citizenship and vowed obedience and service to the emperor during the war! They were "enemy aliens," as every country recognized. He keeps referring to them, inaccurately, page after page, as all "Japanese-Americans." They were not. That is inaccurate and a distortion of what really happened.

Why did the author inject this kind of (grossly inaccurate) personal opinion and editorializing? As an engineer and non-veteran, he didn't know any better?
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5.0 out of 5 starsLooks at a broad series of prinsoner exaples.
By engel on January 6, 2013
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The particular interest of this volume is that it looks at incarceration in wartime from multipleperspectives, including US personnsl interned by the Japanese as well as the exerience of Japanese civilian internees in the US during WWII
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5.0 out of 5 starsI just finished reading this book. This was a ...
By DENNIS K. WIMAN on December 21, 2014
Format: Hardcover
I just finished reading this book. This was a hard one to put down. So much work and research has gone into this piece of work. I personally think that this could be a required reading in high school if they still do that. I wish I could email the author and tell him more of my personal feelings. Not just a praise. You got to where you felt you knew the people in the story, and couldn't wait to find out what happened to them next. Magnificent!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars"Terrific book!"
By Mary Bomba on February 3, 2014
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I just finished reading Counting the Days. There were nights when I could hardly put it down. The research that went into it, the care taken in recording and transcribing the interviews, the commitment to accuracy, and the empathy so obviously felt by the author for all his subjects make for an amazing read. Far from resurrecting any wartime hatred, Smith expands the reader’s understanding of what happens in war and the cultural differences that lead to misunderstanding. I have warmly recommended the book to my family, especially a cousin who reads deeply in military history. I know they'll love it.

Mary Bomba
Los Angeles, CA
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5.0 out of 5 starsRead in one sitting
By Karen Nelson on June 5, 2012
Format: Hardcover
I read Counting the Days, by Craig B. Smith, in one sitting over the Memorial Day weekend in 2012. As a former high school teacher I found this book one of the most fascinating ones I have read. Smith did a long period of research with interviews and primary sources, including a diary of a Japanese soldier who did not realize WW II was over and survived for years after the war on an island in the Pacific. Amidst the horror and cruelty in the book, there are also amusing and even humorous episodes. For example, the American POW's in Japan pulled off some incredible thefts of items to help their survival. I learned military aspects of the intense fighting in Guam that I had not known before. Smith depicts the courage of both the Japanese and the Americans, as well as the natives. The ingenuity of a civilian couple from Europe was remarkable as they struggled to survive on an Island in the Philippines, escaping the Japanese troops as well as the guerrillas who were just as dangerous to them as the Japanese.
The story of one Marine on Guam, who fought with his unit against overwhelming odds, and then became a POW in Japan, is particularly memorable. Smith dedicates this book to the US Marines who fought the Japanese on Guam, and to those who became POW's in terrible circumstances. Read this book.

Warren Nelson
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3.0 out of 5 starsgood read
By judith a. mackenzie on June 23, 2012
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Interesting account of prisoners of war in the Pacific and well as in California. Easy to read and covered areas I had not read before. Spent some time in Guam and was fascinated by the Japanese soldiers who took years to be caught and surrender.
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5.0 out of 5 starsCounting the Days
By G.K. Johnson on July 21, 2012
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The author has provided us with engrossing accounts of survival from six individuals who experienced different kinds of confinement during the hostilities in the Pacific theater of WWII. One wonders where the strength to endure and the will to live come from under such severe and extreme conditions. Their stories are certainly a testament to the human spirit. I was particularly moved by the kindness and generosity of friends and fellow participants such as: the employer who stored and protected the personal property of the Japanese family sent to internment camp; the Filipino wife of the farmer who shared what she had with the European couple, even as her husband was taken prisoner; the POW's who shared with each other what food they could steal and the Japanese soldiers who shared with other soldiers hiding in the jungle. Overall, an enjoyable and fascinating read.
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