The forgotten highlander Alistair Urquhart abacus paperback book new 2010 the Gordon highlanders in 1942 the Japanese invaded and Alistair Urquhart was taken pow and went to biumuild the infamous River kwai bridge then he was packed into a Japanese ship bound for Japan when it was torpedoed by an American submarine then he drifted for days close to death he was taken to another pow camp 11 miles from the fatefullcity of nagasaki where he bore witness to the atomic bomb very nice book 300 pages with photos