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American POWs in World War II: Twelve Personal Accounts of Captivity by...
by Spiller, Harry | PB | Good
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- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780786442751
- Subject Area
- History
- Publication Name
- American Pows in World War II : Twelve Personal Accounts of Captivity by Germany and Japan
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
- Subject
- Military / World War II, Military / General, General
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 11.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 244 Pages
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Product Information
Features 12 accounts that describe the battle experience, the different nations' attitudes toward imprisonment, and the often-barbaric treatment of prisoners of war. This book presents hardship, brutality, frostbite, hunger, strenuous working conditions, and the jubilation of release in the words of the soldiers.
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Publisher
Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-10
0786442751
ISBN-13
9780786442751
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71208042
Product Key Features
Publication Name
American Pows in World War II : Twelve Personal Accounts of Captivity by Germany and Japan
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Military / World War II, Military / General, General
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Number of Pages
244 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
11.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2009-004482
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
D805.G3s727 2003
Reviews
"As fascinating as the maps and hitherto unpublished camp photos are, Harry's appendices are even more so... They are priceless lists this reviewer has never seen assembled before...highly recommended"-- AR Gunners Magazine
Table of Content
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Gunnery Sergeant Edward Sturgeon Captured While in Defense of Wake Island 2. Sergeant Alvel L. Stricklin Captured During the Battle of the Bulge 3. Technical Sergeant Thomas Harold Boardman Captured During a Bombing Mission Over Germany 4. Private Benjamin Dunn Captured on Java Island During the Japanese Invasion 5. Sergeant William Robert Carr Captured After Being Shot Down on a Bombing Mission Over Germany 6. Corporal Kenneth M. Smith Captured During the Battle of the Bulge 7. Sergeant Charles Branum Captured During the Fall of Bataan 8. Technical Sergeant Gordon K. Butts Shot Down Over Mostar, Yugoslavia, During an Air Raid 9. Staff Sergeant Edwin Douglass, Captured in Nancy, France 10. Corporal Ralph L. Lape, Captured During the Japanese Invasion of the Philippines 11. Lieutenant Thomas J. Hart Captured During an Offensive in Burma After Being Left for Dead 12. Staff Sergeant R. L. Hulsey Captured After Being Shot Down Over Solingen, Germany Appendix A. Japanese Prisoner of War Camps, 1941-1945 Appendix B. Locations of German Prison Camps Appendix C. German Regulations Concerning Prisoners of War Index
Copyright Date
2009
Dewey Decimal
940.54/72092273
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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