BOOKS
20,000 Miles on the Rough Seas

Publisher: Shinbun-shuppann,


Title Details
  • 20,000 Miles on the Rough Seas
Publishers
  • Osaka : Shinbun-shuppann,1984
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Location RHC
Item Call Number RHC-Jap E36 1984
Status Item withdrawn
Barcode RHC-J-2014-0117
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Edo, Yuhsuke
Title Statement
  • Title - 20,000 Miles on the Rough Seas
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - Yuhsuke Edo
Varying Form Of Title
  • Title proper/short title - Niman Mairu no Hatou
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Osaka :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Shinbun-shuppann,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1984
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc. - "The author got employment a shipping company in 1943 (Showa 18). In Nov in the next year, he got on a transport ship "Mikasa-maru" and took part in transporting operation from Manila to Ormoc (Battle of Ormoc). However, Mikasa-maru was sunk by U.S military attack at Ormoc bay and author was rescued. He went into military action against U.S army in Negros island and taken a prisoner of U.S military in 1945. This book is his reminiscences about his war experience as described above." - Masuko Takehisa
  • Summary, etc. - 筆者は昭和18年商船会社に就職した。翌年11月、三笠丸に乗船し、マニラからオルモックへの輸送作戦(第三次多号作戦)に従事したが、米軍の攻撃に遭い、三笠丸はオルモック湾にて沈没した。昭和20年、ネグロス島にて米軍と戦闘を行い、米軍の捕虜となった。この本は、筆者のこれらの戦争体験を振り返った本である。- Masuko Takehisa