The light behind the cloud

Light wear, binding sound, internally clean. Signed by the author. The Light Behind the Cloud" by Reuben Slone ? SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. A firsthand account of the 131st Field Artillery Battalion, Texas National Guard (the "Lost Battalion"), whose Battery E was captured by Japanese forces in Java in March 1942 and enslaved as POW labor in Nagasaki, Japan, for 1,260 days. Slone served as executive officer in Battery E and vowed to document the ordeal after surrender; the book is the result of years of research into the command failures that led to the battalion's capture, alongside the survivors' story of captivity and endurance. About a quarter of the men died in captivity, and more than half of survivors died from the effects of abuse and malnutrition ? a harrowing and historically important account. Includes original dust jacket ($22.50 price intact). A must for WWII Pacific Theater historians, POW/"Lost Battalion" researchers, Texas military history collectors, and USS Houston/Java campaign specialists.…