Saints at War in the Philippines: Latter-day Saints in WWII Prison Camps

by Michael H Hyer

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were among US soldiers in World War II who endured the atrocities of the Bataan Death March in the Philippines and the brutality of prisoner-of-war camps. This is the story, largely told through their personal accounts, of a group of twenty-nine Latter-day Saint POWs in the Philippines, the circumstances that brought them together to form an informal branch of the Church in an infamous POW camp, and the events that would later pull them apart—twelve to their liberation and seventeen to their death.

300 pages, Hardcover

Published October 1, 2021

Reviews

[Kelly Stanworth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Couldn’t get through this fast enough. It might’ve been because my grandpa was captured POW in Corregidor, part of the Bataan Death March, and then went through all that is described in this book. Seriously so good!

[Mayci Muirbrook · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely amazing. I would recommend this story of faith and survival to anyone, whether they were a member of the church or not. I would give 10 stars if I could.