MONUMENT, Colo., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- In the closing days of WWII, the Soviet Union attacked and occupied Japanese-controlled northern China, then called Manchuria. Immediately, misery and death from cold, hunger, disease, and brutality descended upon the Japanese civilians at the hands of the Soviet Army and revenge-seeking mobs and bandits. Nearly 2,500 Japanese died daily.
Three courageous men embarked on a secret mission and escaped to Japan to eventually bring an end to the Manchurian nightmare. In Escape from Manchuria (published by iUniverse), Paul K. Maruyama, Lt. Col., USAF (Retired), the son of one of the three men, narrates for Western readers the compelling true story of the rescue and repatriation of nearly 1.7 million Japanese that began almost a year after the surrender of Japan.
"Escape from Manchuria is the story of my father, Kunio Maruyama -- then a 37-year-old Japanese citizen -- and his two courageous friends, Hachiro Shinpo (31) and Masamichi Musashi (24)," explains career USAF Officer (1966-1987) and first-time author Maruyama. "When WWII broke, my father took my mother and his four sons, which included me -- all of whom were U.S. Citizens -- to Anshan, Manchuria where he worked at Showa Seiko, a major steel making company. My father recruited two companions who together devised a plan to surreptitiously escape to Japan in 1946 from Soviet-occupied Manchuria. The three men personally appealed to General Douglas MacArthur -- who was then the Supreme Commander for Allied Power occupying the defeated nation of Japan. Escape from Manchuria is a story of true courage and perseverance of the three men who eventually brought about the repatriation of 1.7 million Japanese held captive under Soviet occupation in Manchuria."
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