- Summary
- "These 12 accounts describe hardship, brutality, frostbite, hunger, strenuous working conditions, and the release in the words of the soldiers, portraying the Bataan Death March, Wake Island, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, and the camps where they watched their comrades in arms suffer and perish. The book also features photographs, maps, camp lists, and POW regulations"--Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Spiller, Harry, 1945-
- Published
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2009]
©2009
- Locale
- United States
Germany
Japan
- Contents
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Gunnery Sergeant Edward Sturgeon, captured while in defense of Wake Island
Sergeant Alvel L. Stricklin, captured during the Battle of the Bulge
Technical Sergeant Thomas Harold Boardman, captured during a bombing mission over Germany
Private Benjamin Dunn, captured on Java Island during the Japanese invasion
Sergeant William Robert Carr, captured after being shot down on a bombing mission over Germany
Corporal Kenneth M. Smith, captured during the Battle of the Bulge
Sergeant Charles Branum, captured during the fall of Bataan
Technical Sergeant Gordon K. Butts, shot down over Mostar, Yugoslavia, during an air raid
Staff Sergeant Edwin Douglass, Jr., captured in Nancy, France
Corporal Ralph L. Lape, Sr., captured during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines
Lieutenant Thomas J. Hart, captured during an offensive in Burma after being left for dead
Staff Sergeant R. L. Hulsey
Captured after being shot down over Solingen, Germany
Appendix A : Japanese prisoner of war camps, 1941-1945
Appendix B : approximate locations of prison camps
Appendix C. German regulations concerning prisoners of war.
- Notes
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Includes index.
Gunnery Sergeant Edward Sturgeon, captured while in defense of Wake Island -- Sergeant Alvel L. Stricklin, captured during the Battle of the Bulge -- Technical Sergeant Thomas Harold Boardman, captured during a bombing mission over Germany -- Private Benjamin Dunn, captured on Java Island during the Japanese invasion -- Sergeant William Robert Carr, captured after being shot down on a bombing mission over Germany -- Corporal Kenneth M. Smith, captured during the Battle of the Bulge -- Sergeant Charles Branum, captured during the fall of Bataan -- Technical Sergeant Gordon K. Butts, shot down over Mostar, Yugoslavia, during an air raid -- Staff Sergeant Edwin Douglass, Jr., captured in Nancy, France -- Corporal Ralph L. Lape, Sr., captured during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines -- Lieutenant Thomas J. Hart, captured during an offensive in Burma after being left for dead -- Staff Sergeant R. L. Hulsey -- Captured after being shot down over Solingen, Germany -- Appendix A : Japanese prisoner of war camps, 1941-1945 -- Appendix B : approximate locations of prison camps -- Appendix C. German regulations concerning prisoners of war.
