The Iron Gates of Santo Tomas : A Firsthand Account of an American Couple Interned by the Japanese in Manila, 1942-1945

Emily and husband Charles Van Sickle were trapped in Manila after its surrender to the Japanese in 1942. They were incarcerated in the vast 48-acre campus of Santo Tomas University which was enclosed on three sides by high concrete walls and iron bars. This book provides their account of internment at Santo Tomas during WWII in the Philippines.