title: Captured on Corregidor: Diary of an American P.O.W. in World War II
author:  John M. Wright 
description: <b>John M. Wright, Jr.,</b> lives in Riverside, California. --<i>Library Journal</i><br /><br />"A poignant book...[for] young adults" --<i>School Library Journal</i><br /><br />"Should be on everyone's bookshelf" --<i>Saber.</i>
zlib_text: John Wright
  The Second World War and  
  the Americas 1933–45
  Access to History
  for the IB Diploma
  
  For MAW – ‘Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety.’
  The material in this title has been developed independently of the International Baccalaureate®, which in no way endorses it.
  The Publishers would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce copyright material:
  Photo credits: p11 Wikipedia; p31 AP/Press Association Images; p38 Bettmann/Corbis; p42 Bettmann/Corbis; p45 Associated Newspapers Ltd/Solo Syndication 
  and supplied by Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru/National Library of Wales; p56 Getty Images; p63 Bettmann/Corbis; p77 Mondadori via Getty Images; p96 Getty 
  Images; p100 Getty Images; p114 AP/Press Association Images; p115 Getty Images; p131 AP/Press Association Images; p139 Popperfoto/Getty Images; p145 
  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs; p165 Getty Images; p187 Wikipedia; p204 Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images.
  Acknowledgements: p24 Miller 