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The Haitians Way of Life
Mr. Vaillancourt describes the backwards way of living of the Haitian people.
Effects on Environment
Mr. Vaillancourt describes the rain storms and effects it had on the living conditions.
Total Anarchy 24/7
In Haiti, Mr. Vaillancourt describes the conditions and the total disaster and devastation for the people.
The Island Separated
Mr. Vaillancourt tells the differences he saw between the Greeks and Turkish people.
Culture Differences
Mr. Vaillancourt describes the culture shock upon arrival in Cyprus and the differences amongst the local people.
Three Small Books
Mr. Ross describes keeping a diary, how the diary was accidentally found by an American POW, and how the books were returned to him.
Confrontation and Punishment
Mr. Ross describes how the prisoners made crude maps, his personal confrontation with a guard who caught them doing so, and helping a friend during the group’s incarceration in a dungeon.
Sabotage
Mr. Ross describes the efforts of the POWs to sabotage equipment in the coal mine at Omini.
Dangers in the Coal Mine
Mr. Ross describes the organization of the work crews at Omini coal mine and elaborates on some of the mine’s dangers.
Disease and Execution
Mr. Ross describes some of the diseases that ravaged the POWs and describes an incident that probably saved his sick friend’s life and almost cost him his own.
Selection For Japan
Mr. Ross describes how prisoners were selected to go to Japan and discusses the physical and emotional environment aboard the ship during the voyage to Japan.
Surgery in a Japanese Hospital
Mr. Ross describes being diagnosed with appendicitis by his battalion’s doctor and being sent to a Japanese hospital to be operated on.
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