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Author:   Andrew D. Carson
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.354kg
ISBN:  

9780786473755

ISBN 10:   0786473754
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   08 March 2013
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments     Preface     Note to the Reader     May 6, 1942: Fort Drum Surrenders to the Japanese     June-October 1942: Cabanatuan Prison Camp #3     Cabanatuan Prison Camp #1: Life and Death in the Prison-Camp Hospital     Zero Ward: The Dying Place     November 1942–July 1944: Brutality of Work on the Farm     Hell Ship: The Voyage to Japan     August or September 1944: Fukuoka, Japan, and Prison Camp #23     September–December 1944: First Look at the Coal Mine     Yonoroshi: The Hot Hole     January 1945–August 1945: Slave Labor in the Coal Mine     August 1945–November 1945: Japan Surrenders and We Come Home     Appendix A: “American Salute to Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Memorial Day” (Congressional Record)      Appendix B: Hell Ships—Just What the Name Implies     Military History of Andrew D. Carson     Index    

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a valuable addition to the growing body of literature on the POW experience - Military Review

Author Information

Malnutrition in prison camps caused the late Andrew D. Carson to become clinically blind. He lived in Oakland, California.

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