{"id":9294,"date":"2026-06-22T15:32:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philippineinternment.com\/?p=9294"},"modified":"2026-06-22T15:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:32:28","slug":"wwii-prison-camp-recorder-the-peter-richards-story-by-martin-meadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippineinternment.com\/?p=9294","title":{"rendered":"WWII Prison Camp Recorder: The Peter Richards Story, by Martin Meadows"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I. Introduction<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n During World War II (WWII), thousands of American and Allied nation civilians endured more than three years of imprisonment (1942-1945) by the Japanese Empire in Manila\u2019s Santo Tomas Internment Camp (STIC), among others. \u00a0Many former internees \u2014 and others as well \u2014 have produced numerous works about their experiences. \u00a0Using conventional terminology, those works can be divided into two categories, primary and secondary. \u00a0Very briefly, primary sources are original materials by those who personally experienced certain events; while secondary sources are based on studies of primary sources, however defined. \u00a0The distinction will vary, of course, depending on the nature of a given project.\n<\/p>\n

\n Identifying the primary works written about STIC is a relatively simple task. \u00a0Indisputably they would include \u2014 and perhaps even be limited to \u2014\u00a0the three books that likely most, if not all, STIC alumni, and others interested in STIC history, would select as indispensable works. \u00a0Those three books and their authors comprise a Big Three hallowed within the STIC community. \u00a0Listed in alphabetical order of their authors, they are:\u00a0\n<\/p>\n