American Pilot Comes to Jesus While in a POW Camp

It wasn’t until his guards gave him a bible that DeShazer found true peace. He learned to forgive and then love his captors.

Watch the remarkable story of Joseph DeShazer’s journey to Christ. While bombing Japan during World War II, DeShazer was forced to bail out when his plane ran out of fuel. DeShazer spent years in a POW camp, enduring torture and loneliness and the bitter bile of his hatred for the Japanese people. It wasn’t until his guards gave him a bible that DeShazer found true peace. He learned to forgive and then love his captors. Immediately after the war, DeShazer returned to Japan as a missionary, bringing thousands to Christ.

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