- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Preface
- The Diary of Prisoner 17326
- chapter one A Teenaged Prisoner of Japan, No. 17326
- chapter two Discovering Java
- chapter three Malang
- chapter four Merbaboe Park
- chapter five War
- chapter six Uncertain Times in Malang
- chapter seven Kesilir
- chapter eight The Final Days of De Wijk
- chapter nine The Transport
- chapter ten Lampersari
- chapter eleven The Benteng
- chapter twelve Camp Bangkong
- chapter thirteen Horseplay
- chapter fourteen The Diary
- chapter fifteen The Disease of Despair
- chapter sixteen Bleak Prospects
- chapter seventeen Death and Unexpected Freedom
- chapter eighteen Hidden Dangers
- chapter nineteen The British
- chapter twenty Escape from Hell
- chapter twenty-one A Family Again
- chapter twenty-two Time To Fly
- chapter twenty-three Surabaja Restored
- chapter twenty-four To Holland on <i>Oranje</i>
- Epilogue
- Glossary
Death and Unexpected Freedom
Death and Unexpected Freedom
- Chapter:
- (p.153) chapter seventeen Death and Unexpected Freedom
- Source:
- The Diary of Prisoner 17326
- Author(s):
John K. Stutterheim
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
As the chapter opens with the bombing of a nearby harbour, the author expresses the hope that accompanied the care packages of the previous chapter and the possibility that freedom was drawing closer. The climax of this hope occurs when three planes fly nearby the camp and the realization that the war has ended as the entire worker population of the camp collectively rejoices. The Japanese commanding officer reluctantly announces that the war has ended and Japan has surrendered, a message which inspires palpable hope to all who hear it. The chapter concludes with the author finding a dear friend alone and seated on a chair, believing him dead.
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- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Preface
- The Diary of Prisoner 17326
- chapter one A Teenaged Prisoner of Japan, No. 17326
- chapter two Discovering Java
- chapter three Malang
- chapter four Merbaboe Park
- chapter five War
- chapter six Uncertain Times in Malang
- chapter seven Kesilir
- chapter eight The Final Days of De Wijk
- chapter nine The Transport
- chapter ten Lampersari
- chapter eleven The Benteng
- chapter twelve Camp Bangkong
- chapter thirteen Horseplay
- chapter fourteen The Diary
- chapter fifteen The Disease of Despair
- chapter sixteen Bleak Prospects
- chapter seventeen Death and Unexpected Freedom
- chapter eighteen Hidden Dangers
- chapter nineteen The British
- chapter twenty Escape from Hell
- chapter twenty-one A Family Again
- chapter twenty-two Time To Fly
- chapter twenty-three Surabaja Restored
- chapter twenty-four To Holland on <i>Oranje</i>
- Epilogue
- Glossary