TY  - BOOK
AU  - Scott, R. Jackson
TI  - 90 days of rice
SN  - (softbound)
AV  - D 811 S36 
PY  - 1975///
CY  - Pioneer, Calif. : 
PB  - California Traveler
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Personal narratives, American
KW  - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
KW  -  Bataan
KW  - Cavite Navy Base
KW  - Corregidor
KW  - hell ships
KW  - personal account – American
KW  - Philippine defense campaign
KW  - POW life
KW  - US Marines
N2  - Personal account of a US Marine stationed at Cavite Navy Base just prior to the war. Scott narrates the unexpected start of the war for the Cavite Marines; the air raid on Cavite and subsequent abandonment of the base; combat on Bataan; escape to Corregidor after the fall of Bataan; service on Corregidor; escape by banca after Corregidor’s surrender, but eventually is taken prisoner.

Over half of the book deals with Scott’s experiences as a prisoner of war in various camps, ending the war in Japan. The book’s title comes from the optimism of the prisoners of war – that they would be out in 90 days. It took over three years before they were freed. Scott criticizes some of the Americans in camp for telling on others; and also felt that the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki was unnecessary, after seeing the ruins of the city. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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