The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival

The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific

â€œRiveting, powerful, moving.â€â€”The Observer, â€œCompelling . . .A book that must be read.â€â€”Daily Mail. A story of almost unimaginable suffering.â€ --BBC Radio 4. â€œUrquhart grabs our attention with unforgettable stories.â€â€”Minneapolis Star-Tribune

This is the extraordinary story of a young man, conscripted at nineteen, who survived not just one but three separate encounters with deathâ€”encounters which killed nearly all his comrades. Silent for over fifty years, this is Alistair Urquhartâ€™s extraordinary, moving, and inspirational tale of survival against the odds.

Alistair Urquhart was among the Gordon Highlanders captured by the Japanese in Singapore during World War II. He not only survived 750 days in the jungle working as a slave on the notorious â€œdeath railwayâ€ and the bridge on the River Kwai, but he was subsequently taken prisoner on one of the Japanese â€œhellshipsâ€ which was later torpedoed, killing nearly everyone on boardâ€”but not Urquhart.

He spent five days adrift on a raft in the South China Sea before being rescued by a Japanese whaling ship. He was then taken to Japan and forced to work in a mine near Nagasaki. Two months later he was struck by the blast from the atomic bombâ€”dropped just ten miles away.

In late August 1945, now a barely-living skeleton, he was freed by the American Navy and was able to bathe for the first time in three and a half years.
Country USA
Brand Skyhorse
Manufacturer Skyhorse
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber part_1616084073
ReleaseDate 2011-11-01
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781616084073

Country	USA
Brand	Skyhorse
Manufacturer	Skyhorse
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	part_1616084073
ReleaseDate	2011-11-01
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781616084073

The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific

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