TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morrett, John J., 
TI  - Soldier, priest
SN  - 1882270010 (softbound0
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Roswell, GA : 
PB  - Old Rugged Cross Press
KW  - Morrett, John J.
KW  - Episcopal Church
KW  - Clergy
KW  - Biography
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - Philippines
KW  - United States
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Personal narratives, American
KW  - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
KW  - 88th Field Artillery Regiment (Philippine Scouts)
KW  - autobiography – American
KW  - Bataan
KW  - China
KW  - Death March
KW  - escape from POW camp
KW  - evacuation by submarine
KW  - Mindanao
KW  - Philippine defense campaign
KW  - POW account
KW  - Protestant missionaries
N2  - Autobiography of reserve officer training to be a Protestant missionary.

Called to active duty in 1941, he was sent to the Philippines and was assigned to the 88th Field Artillery Regiment (Philippine Scouts). He saw service in Bataan, marched the Death March and endured months in prison camp, before he escaped from a prison ship off Mindanao in September 1944. Aided by guerrillas, he was eventually evacuated to Australia by submarine (the Narwhal). While a prisoner of war, he made use of his training as a priest by aiding his fellow prisoners and organizing prayers and religious services. After the war, Morrett went to China as a full-fledged missionary, remaining there until just before the Communist take over in 1949. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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