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100 1 _aGiles, Donald T.,
_d1898-1983.
245 0 0 _aDonald T. Giles papers,
_f1926-1982
_g(bulk 1941-1945).
300 _a250
_fitems.
300 _a8
_fcontainers.
300 _a2.8
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, notebooks, photographs, and printed matter chiefly documenting Giles's incarceration as a Japanese prisoner-of-war from 1941 to 1945. Notebooks include names, addresses, and autobiographies of fellow U.S. and Allied prisoners at the camp at Zentsuji on the Japanese island of Shikoku and roster of military personnel on Guam where Giles was taken prisoner (1941 December 10) while serving as vice governor and executive officer of the United States Naval Station (Guam). Legislative files contain Giles's testimony (1946) concerning his experiences in Japanese prison camps and the testimony of two other prisoners concerning their mental and physical health two years after their release. Also includes Giles's manuscript memoir, entitled The Reluctant Guest, edited by his son, Donald T. Giles, Jr., and published in 1994 as Captive of the Rising Sun. Wartime correspondents include Donald T. Giles, Jr., and Virginia Basil Giles.
544 _3Some photographs
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 _aU.S. naval officer; full name Donald Theodore Giles.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007120
580 _aForms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection,
600 1 0 _aGiles, Donald T.,
_d1924-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGiles, Virginia Basil
_vCorrespondence.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy
_xOfficers.
650 0 _aWar crimes
_zJapan.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xMedical care.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xPrisoners and prisons, Japanese.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xPsychological aspects.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_zGuam.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_zJapan.
651 0 _aShikoku Region (Japan)
_xHistory.
651 0 _aZentsūji-shi (Japan)
_xHistory.
651 0 _aUnited States Naval Station (Guam)
656 7 _aNaval officers.
_2itoamc
700 1 2 _aGiles, Donald T.,
_d1924- .
_tCaptive of the rising sun.
_f1994.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007120
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007120.3
999 _c44495
_d44495