Chapter 37- Becky Neylon

A Reserved Room

American bomber planes had been flying over the camp where Jim was, these planes woke Jim up from where he had been sleeping, in the bed that had belonged to Mrs Vincent when she'd been in the camp.
Tulloch and Lieutenant Price had become annoyed because American planes had started to drop off the goods in the fields surrounding the camp.
Jim was waiting for the American navy to make an appearance but he believed that the Americans feared that the Japanese wouldn't surrender and that it wouldn't be safe for him to be looking for his parents.
Jim has started to spend time in the American sergeant's office, sorting out magazines. The food in the camp has greatly improved, Jim now has access to chocolate bars, spam and powdered milk, which are gradually building his strength.
Scavengers are beginning to appear outside the camp- Chinese peasants and coolies, tempted by the goods dropped by the Americans. There were also troops walking the streets who had deserted Chinese armies.
Parts of the airfield have been occupied by Nationalist troops and Japanese soldiers were being killed everyday.
Jim becomes unsettled at the sight of a dead Japanese airman and as a result decides to stay inside the camp- spending his nights sleeping in Mrs Vincent's bunk and sorting out his magazine collection during the day.
Jim had noticed that the Americans had been dropping cargo off much less often and realises eventually will stop completely so he begins to stock up on food.
Previous camp prisoners return and they are denied entry but eventually are allowed in.
Jim believes that there is or will be World War 3 and that if you're inside the camp then you are free. He also still has hope that his parents will return along with other people coming back to the camp.
At the end of the chapter Tulloch tells Jim that he needs to find his father because the war is over and that he, Tulloch, will give Jim a lift back to Shanghai.