This is My Brother

This Is My Brother, first published in 1943, is a wartime novel set in the hopelessness of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. Five American soldiers are captured and taken prisoner in the futile rearguard action on Bataan, Philippines. One by one, the prisoners are condemned as spies and executed. One prisoner, Bill Hilton, begins a diary, and records his thoughts, his musings on the war, and his hopes and fears for the future. This Is My Brother is beautifully written and remains a deeply moving testament to the human spirit in the face of extreme adversity.