Overview

""Lost in action,"" a term used to account for soldiers last seen in combat but not identified as killed or captured, was applied to the author for years following his capture by Japanese in the Philippines after the fall of Bataan. The three and a half years after capture were a time of torture and slave labor. At war's end the author weighed 95 pounds, down from his normal 160. A year was spent in military hospitals before he was fit to return to normal activities.

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Author:   Dick Bilyeu
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780786467242

ISBN 10:   078646724
Pages:   351
Publication Date:   09 November 2011
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      Foreword      Introduction      xiii 1. Under hostile fire      2. Digging in      3. Assignment with Philippine Army in Bataan      4. Last ditch stand      5. Hopes for evacuation dashed      6. No unit, no ship, no help and no hope      7. Stragglers uniting to defend their lives      8. Last hours for the battling bastards of Bataan      9. Confusion and capture      10. Into the jungle      11. March into hell      12. The train to Capas 9      13. A time to look back      14. First day in a concentration camp      15. Disposing of the dead      16. Making an effort to comprehend man’s inhumanity to man      17. Return to Manila Bay      18. Search for silver 13      19. Pumping station on Corregidor 13      20. Plans for escape      21. First sight of old Bilibid Prison      22. Another train ride      23. Clark Field      24. The pits      25. Leaving Clark Field      26. Return to Bilibid Prison - driving detail      27. First time at the main camp-Cabanatuan      28. Alert for movement out of the Philippines      29. Assembly for trip away from the war zone      30. Loss of dignity, loss of pride and loss of life      31. Down from the mountain. Last leg of the journey      32. Moji, Japan      33. Loss of a dear friend      34. Yet another train      35. New experience, new detail and intrigue      36. Warmer weather and hotter war in Japan      37. The cave-in      38. Hotter war—increased torture      39. The price of stealing from a victory garden      40. Moving again and the bomb—hysteria and revenge      41. Food from the sky      42. It is over     

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Author Information

The late Dick Bilyeu went on to serve in Korea and retired from the army in 1961 as a chief warrant officer. He lived in North Highlands, California.

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