The December Ship

<p> On December 14 1944 the <I>Oryoku Maru</I> or December Ship was attacked by planes of the U.S. Navy who had no way of knowing 1619 Allied POWs were on board. One of those prisoners was then-Lieutenant Arden R. Boellner. Through letters documents and interviews with survivors this is an account of Lt. Colonel Boellner's World War II tour of duty his capture at Mindanao life in Japanese POW camps in the Philippines and the horrors of the December Ship that led to his death. Numerous photographs some published for the first time show life inside the camps.</p>