The Roger Mansell Collection at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University
+ About his book, Captured: The Forgotten Men of Guam + Other works by Roger Mansell + Roger Mansell Guest Lecture +
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 “Roger Mansell worked
tirelessly to research and document the stories of American POWs
in the Pacific during World War II. His efforts give us a better
understanding of the great service and sacrifice of these heroes.
The stories he tells are a tribute to the warriors who defend
us.” – Oliver North |
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>>Editor and POW historian Linda Goetz Holmes to present the book on December 7, 2012 |
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The video is Roger Mansell's last talk, an inspiring lecture about the vital importance of sharing research which he had planned to give at the FEPOW Conference in England, but he was too ill to travel. It was filmed at home in Palo Alto by John Hicks. |
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| "Roger Mansell's
Captured is a beautifully written, richly researched account
of the fall of Guam and a searing reminder of the horrific ordeal
suffered by American prisoners of war at the hands of the Japanese." John A. Glusman, author of Conduct Under Fire: Four American Doctors and Their Fight for Life as Prisoners of the Japanese, 1941 - 1945 >Read the complete review Jeff Kingston, Japan Times "After so many years, it’s surprising that World War II still has some untold stories. In fact, a couple of the “forgotten men of Guam” have published memoirs, but those are long out of print. In Captured, Roger Mansell brings their stories together with useful background and the results of what was apparently a great deal of personal research. The result is an interesting account of some of the first prisoners of the Pacific war and their tribulations...a valuable collection of reminiscences... Captured conveys the atmosphere of the camps and the men's perceptions clearly enough to make it very enjoyable and rewarding reading." The Asian Review of Books "A labor of love for Roger Mansell that extended ten years, edited after his death by historian Linda Goetz (known for her writings on the POW experience in the Pacific War), this book stands as a harrowing tale of the POW experience of the men of Guam. The genesis of this stark tale is the author’s interviews of POWs and the realization that no book-length treatment had ever dealt with the men of Guam, whose experience had been largely forgotten between the events of Pearl Harbor and Wake Island and in the later horrors of the Bataan Death March. This book fills that void and serves as a lasting tribute to the memory of the brave men in harm’s way who paid the price for our nation’s unpreparedness and survived a cruel and barbaric captivity at the hand of sadistic Japanese. There are a few remarkable qualities to this work that make it immensely worthwhile for any reader who has an interest in uncovering the truth about Japanese treatment of prisoners of war (which makes for deeply unpleasant reading) or understanding the grim fate of Guam during World War II. One of these qualities is that Roger Mansell (a man who had never written a book) managed to skillfully express the words of the POWs whose memories he recorded over long years of meticulous research, allowing the prisoners of war, through their memories, their diaries, and other primary data, to speak for themselves against the silence of oblivion.... CONTINUE READING Nathan Albright in Naval History Book Reviews I could not stop reading it. His attention to detail was amazing. Reading the book was like sitting down with a great story-teller that transported me to that time and those places. My only complaint is that it wasn't another 500 pages! It is absolutely the best book I've read about the Far Eastern POW experience. . . I will treasure this book forever. Jim Hansford |
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