For years after his return home, Eric Lomax struggled with the legacy of his torture and imprisonment. He had nightmares and sudden flashbacks to the beatings and humiliations meted out in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. His marriage fell apart, and in the immediate post-war period there was little or no support for soldiers who had experienced what people euphemistically called "unpleasantness".
War captive who forgave Japanese tormentors dies
