Scope and Contents Materials contain two copies of John Oscar Young's memoir describing his experiences as a civilian carpenter who participated in the defense of Wake Island in 1941, was captured, and spent remaining years of the war as a prisoner-of-war. Also contains the memories of Young's uncle, Forrest Read, about the attack and internment at prisoner-of-war camps. Discusses his three and a half years of captivity in Woo Sung, China; Osaka and Naoetsu, Japan; the miseries that he endured; and his release...