Nineteen year-old Texan, James Gee, newly enlisted in the Marines, finds himself assigned to the flagship of the Navy, the USS HOUSTON just in time for the U.S. to declare war. After a bit of entertaining world travel, his ship is sunk and he and his buddies spend the rest of the war as POWs and "guests" of the Japanese-an unforgettable true story of abuse, courage, faith and resourcefulness