Donald Ernest Mansell

Machine gun fire erupted outside the vermin infested prison in Manila, ricocheting off the walls, shattering glass. Don and his family through themselves on the concrete floor, then dashed toward the stairs to avoid stray bullets. If the American tanks breached the wall, they could be killed in the crossfire. But if the tanks withdrew, they could be killed at the hands of their captors. This wasn't the first time they had feared for their lives. Nor was it the first time that freedom had seemed so close.18-year-old Don Mansell, his brother, and his parents were sailing to Africa as missionaries and were caught in the Philippines when Pearl Harbor was bombed. Three weeks later they were taken prisoner in Baguio and spent the next three years in a Japanese concentration camp. The bracing came 37 months later when General MacArthur's forces retook the Philippines.Under the Shadow of the Rising Sun is an honest, gripping, sometimes whimsical account of daily life as a prisoner of war. It is also compelling history, revealing the long–glossed–over, and sometimes falsified, accounts of Emperor Hirohito's involvement in World War II. Through the eyes of a survivor, we discover the role of trials in developing faith, and we see the intervention of a merciful Providence in an unforgettable true–life adventure.… (meer)