[CougarGA7]

Wainwright worried the entire time of his captivity that he would be looked down on by the American people for surrendering. The first Americans he saw when the war ended was a group of OSS personnel who had been airdropped to secure the safety of POWs (This was being done all over the areas where POWs camps were known to be). He asked on of the men what people back in the states thought of him. He was told that he is a hero and was even on the cover of Time”.

Funny, I was just reading about his liberation last night not even making the connection that today would be May 6th, the day he surrendered.

[VR-21]

Is that book “Never Plan Tomorrow” by Joseph Petak? That’s a very good book, and it has copies of the mission report of that OSS mission written by it’s commander. The prison they liberated was Hoten Camp. It’s where my father spent most of his captivity. He was amoung the original group who were transported on the Tottari Maru, and stayed at Splinter Camp.