His positive battle plan for life isn’t the stuff of therapist’s lingo or the uninformed civilian, but was developed from his service to our country on the island fortress of Corregidor, the Philippines and in POW camps in Japan during World War II.

Though captivity under the Japanese meant starvation, slave labor without a single cent of compensation and inhumane treatment, Arthur Baker’s determination to face battles with a positive attitude resulted not only in his survival but also in effective passive resistance in the heart of the enemy’s land.   Only a few have undertaken to write of the lives of POWs in the Pacific while the world was at war;  fewer have told their own stories.   As might be expected, those who have tell bitter stories of horror.   Baker’s account, horrible as it is at times, focuses on a battle plan useful to anyone in any situation: keep hope, fight for it, hold tight to it, assess your options and use what you have.  These marching orders set his work as a beacon for anyone to follow in any situation. Arthur B. Baker was a young Texan, born of cotton farmers, at the outset of World War II. Along with thousands of young men, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was sent to Corregidor, Manilla Bay, the Philippines. Triumphs and Tragedies is Baker’s contribution, from his own experience as a POW, to America’s younger generations.   Now 86, Reverend Baker has lived primarily in the western United States, serving as a minister of the gospel since 1963.   Baker, a disabled veteran, and his wife Neva now live in Vacaville, California.

Co-author J. Carlile Baker’s professional writing life spans twenty-five years.   Her first book, My Father’s Love, read worldwide, accompanies published nonfiction articles, plays, short stories and poetry.   She has also worked as an editor, teacher and speaker.   She is familiar with the life of the POW during World War II because Arthur Baker is her father-in-law.

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