Occupation United States Marine Role USMC Nationality American Died 1970 | Genre memoir Battles and wars World War II Name Charles Jackson Rank Sergeant major | |
Books The Eye in General Practice Education United States Military Academy (1919), Virginia Military Institute Service/branch United States Army, United States Marine Corps | ||
Charles R. Jackson, (1898–1970) was an American Marine, best known for his posthumously published memoir I Am Alive: A United States Marine's Story of Survival in a World War II Japanese POW Camp.
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Military career
Charles R. Jackson attended Virginia Military Institute where he earned a degree in civil engineering. From there he attended the West Point and graduated in 1919. From there he served in the United States Army, resigning his commission in 1925 to join the United States Marine Corps, where he enrolled in 1927 as a Private.
While fighting in the Battle of Corregidor in the spring of 1942, he was captured by the Japanese and interned as a P.O.W. for three years.
Ranks
Private
Sergeant Major
Writings
Charles R. Jackson's plain account of his experiences as a P.O.W. of the Japanese was edited by military historian Major Bruce Norton USMC (Ret.) and published posthumously in June 2003. Among other topics from Jackson's notes that were assembled were accounts of inhumanity and deadly situations, including forced marches.