Andy Coogan was born in Glasgow in 1917, the oldest child of poor Irish immigrants. He was later taken to Japan on a hellship voyage that nearly killed him, but Andy's athleticism and spirit enable him to survive an ordeal in which many died.
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Andy Coogan bol škótsky autor a vojnový veterán. Jeho sľubnú atletickú kariéru prerušila druhá svetová vojna, počas ktorej bol zajatý a stal sa vojnovým zajatcom v Japonsku. Po vojne sa venoval propagácii športu a napísal pôsobivú autobiografiu o svojom neuveriteľnom prežití.