Title: Paul A. Putnam Papers: Transcript of Paul A. Putnam's 1944-1945 diary

Identifier: 0313-b1-ff   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/20099)

Description: Folder containing the transcript of a diary written in shorthand by Brigadier General Paul A. Putnam of the United States Marine Corps during his time as a prisoner-of-war in a Japanese camp during World War II. Putnam describes life in the camp in his diary, the prisoners' move from a prison camp in Zentusuji to Rokuroshi, and the reaction of the Japanese to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.