Charles Ream Jackson (1898–1971) was an American Marine, best known for his posthumously published memoir I Am Alive: A United States Marine's Story of Survival in a World War II Japanese POW Camp.

[2] While fighting in the Battle of Corregidor in the spring of 1942, he was captured by the Japanese and interned as a POW for three years.

[1] He retired on November 1, 1951, due to eye problems caused by vitamin deficiencies he experienced as a prisoner of war.

of the Japanese was edited by military historian Major Bruce Norton USMC (Ret.)

Among other topics from Jackson's notes that were assembled were accounts of inhumanity and deadly situations, including forced marches.