Kwajalein
What happened to all the former POWs that had been to Kwajalein?
They were executed.
At Ofuna, the guards could do anything they wanted to the prisoners. Louie was told, "they can kill you" Why could they do that?
Nobody knew they were alive
Who was the infamous guard at Omari?
The Bird or Mutsuhiro Watanabe
Who greeted Louie, Tinker, Wade, and Fitzgerald when they arrived at Naoetsu?
The Bird
What the Zampirinis were experiencing wasn't denial, it was...
Belief
Even more important than food, water, or shelter, what were Louie and Phil deprived of?
Their dignity
Who was the infamous guard at Ofuna?
The Quack
Why did The Bird obsess over Louie?
He was insanely jealous of him.
How many times did Louie get punched in the face?
220
At Ofuna, Phil was able to write a letter home. What happened to the letter?
It was thrown away/Partially burned.
**Phil found it and kept it to deliver himself
What was the reason that Louie and Phil were brought to Kwajalein?
Interrogation
Louie, Tinker and Harris were going to steal a plane and escape. Why did they change their minds?
For every escapee, another POW would be shot and they didn't want to risk others' lives.
During their time at Omari, the guards were increasingly jumpy and angry? What was making act this way?
They could see more and more B29s coming. They feared America was winning the war.
Why were the POWs worried when they realized that America was winning the war?
They knew that Japan would kill all POWs
Cecy never lost faith that Phil was alive, but a specific someone confirmed that hope more than anyone else. Who was it?
A fortune teller
What was the nickname of Kwajalein?
Execution Island
What happened to Harris?
The Quack beat him up
The Bird was described by Tinker as a "psychopath" describe two behaviors that support this.
He would beat men and then force them to attend tea parties, he would drool and sob while beating them, turn from peaceful to rage in an instant, ate waste to get approval, etc.
Louie caught an elbow that knocked him off the railcar ramp. This injured his ankle and knee. What is one thing that happened as a result?
He was taken off work duty and sent back to camp with the bird.
His rations were halved.
He had to care for the pig.
What special message did Louie send his family so that they would know that it was in fact him?
Keep my guns in good condition
What was the name of the man who befriended Louie and Phil on Kwajalein? What did they have in common?
Kawamura
They were all Christian.
What are two different ways that the men at Ofuna showed defiance?
notes of toilet paper, tapped for Morse code, gave the guards nick names, farted, made rice notebooks
What is the name of the convention that created the laws protecting the POWs?
Describe two ways that "The Bird" broke these laws.
Geneva Convention
He beat/tortured the men, stole Red Cross items, didn't provide medical care, emotional abuse
What is the name of the disease that all POWs feared the most?
Beriberi
Who was the first person to figure out that Louie and Phil had survived the crash?
Joe Deasy (The Green Hornet Pilot) He found out after America had seized Kwajalein.