The Hard Way Home is the story of the 3-1/2 year imprisonment of U.S. Army Colonel William Braly by the Japanese in World War II. From the surrender of Allied forces on Corregidor in May 1942, to prison camps in the Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, and Manchuria, and transport by notorious 'death-ships, ' Braley struggles to survive the brutality, hard labor, and lack of food and medical care before his release in August 1945. His firsthand account is filled with details of the often grim reality faced by Allied servicemen held as prisoners-of-war. Illustrated with 12 pages of maps and photographs.