Overview

These accounts describe the battle and POW experiences of twelve American military men captured by either Germany or Japan during World War II. Brutality, frostbite, disease, hunger, strenuous working conditions, and the jubilation of release are presented in the words of the soldiers, who describe such events as the Bataan Death March, the battle for Wake Island, D-Day, and the Battle of the Bulge and vividly portray the camps where they watched their comrades in arms suffer and perish. The book also features photographs, maps, camp lists, and POW regulations.

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Author:   Harry Spiller
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.331kg
ISBN:  

9780786442751

ISBN 10:   0786442751
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   11 March 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

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     

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"""As fascinating as the maps and hitherto unpublished camp photos are, Harry's appendices are even more so...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"

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

Author Information

Harry Spiller is the author of 18 books and numerous magazine articles. He served for 10 years in the U.S. Marine Corps with two tours in Vietnam. He also served as sheriff of Williamson County, Illinois, and retired as an associate professor of criminal justice from John A. Logan College. He lives in Marion, Illinois.

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