Nichijo: The Testimony of John Provoo (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692326145)

This is the personal saga of John David Provoo. In 1940, the young American Buddhist studying at an ancient monastery in Japan was urged by the U.S. Embassy to return home. In 1941, he enlisted in the US Army in San Francisco, and was soon stationed in the Philippines. Within six months of the outbreak of war, he was captured along with thousands of others on the island fortress of Corregidor, in the mouth of Manila Bay. In the early months after capture, the Japanese used him as an interpreter, a role that created suspicion in the minds of some that he had become a collaborator. After years of privations in POW camps in Taiwan, he was moved to Bunkwa Camp in downtown Tokyo, and forced to make propaganda broadcasts with others, including Iva Toguri, from Radio Tokyo, until the end of the war.In the post war years, he was continually harassed by the FBI throughout a second Army enlistment. In 1949, he was discharged, taken immediately into federal custody and charged with treason for events on Corregidor and taking part in radio programs. His trial was foreshadowed by the conviction of Iva Toguri, cast by the government as the non-existent "Tokyo Rose".This book is his personal narrative of the events that led up to his prosecution and his final return to the training for the Buddhist priesthood.

Author: Nichijo Shaka, John Oliver
ISBN-10: 0692326146
ISBN-13: 9780692326145
Publisher: John Oliver
Language: English
Published: 11/15/2014
Pages: 254
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.53d