Angry pounding rattles Eileen Aaron's front door as she and her mother, Margaret, younger brother Jack, and older sister Jean cower in the kitchen.
By Jennifer Lee Preyss
Read along with this harrowing four-part story of a local woman's internment in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines during World War II.
Eileen Aaron, 18, clenches a scanty tote of clothing and food, smiling as she recognizes the scattered faces at Rizal Stadium.
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For the first time in two years, Eileen Aaron is eating regular meals again.
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Smitten with Texas life and a budding romance with third-year medical student beau Winton Coleman, Eileen Aaron is the most content she's been since before the war.