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The article discusses the author's experience of escaping the Japanese occupation in Hong Kong in 1942. The author disguised as a Philippine citizen following an order from a Japanese superior that all captives in a hotel where they are confined except Germans, Italians, Swiss, Portuguese and Filipinos will be going to Stanley Prison. Despite granting him a temporary freedom, Japanese officers kept investigating his identity. He had received help from Chinese guerillas for a payment of $25,000.

The article discusses the siege of the British soldiers at Repulse Bay Hotel in Hong Kong, China in 1943. The Japanese torture the British soldiers through the ties that they made on the captives. On Christmas Eve, the captives marched crossing Hong Kong Island to the Victoria Harbor side. The Kowloon Hotel became their prison for a month. Food was their main problem during their stay in the hotel.

The author discusses his experiences during the second World War involving Japanese and British forces in Hong Kong, China. He narrates his trip from Manila, Philippines to Hong Kong. Hundreds of civilians and war refugees were killed as assassination, robbery and looting were rampant. He highlights his contributions in the war as an engineer with other volunteers.