Manila Survivor: Vancouver Woman Lived Through the Wwii Japanese Invasion of the Philippines and Three Brutal Years of Internment
The Columbian (February 29, 2004)
Author: Tom Vogt, Columbian Staff Writer
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Marian Russell comes from a historic Clark County family, but her own role in history is defined on a much wider stage: native of the Philippines, subject of King George VI of England, prisoner of the Japanese empire.
The Vancouver woman represents the other side of the Pacific campaign mounted more than 60 years ago by American forces. They had to push back the threat of Japanese domination; the Russell family had to survive it.Manila Survivor: Vancouver Woman Lived Through the Wwii Japanese Invasion of the Philippines and Three Brutal Years of Internment
Russell, her late husband, Bob, and their son, Jack, spent three years in a Philippines internment camp for civilians from Allied nations.
Their address was No. 3 Banana Ave., Shantytown. Their "village" was one of several set up on the campus of Manila's Santo Tomas University.The shadow of starvation and fear of a Japanese killing spree ended in 1945 when four American tanks crashed through Shantytown's gates.Two similar rescues in 1945 have been observed this month on television. The History Channel aired a documentary on the Feb. 23 liberation of another civilia...Try vLex for FREE for 3 days
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