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Counting the Days: POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific

By Smith , Craig B

Book information

Publisher
Smithsonian
Year
2012
ISBN
9781588343567, 9781299577602, 1299577601, 1588343561
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
6 MB (6804131 bytes)
Pages
(xxv, 260 pages) : illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
1939-1945 -- Personal narratives;Prisoners of war1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons1939-1945--Pacific Area;World War1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons1939-1945;World WarAmerican;World WarHISTORY--Europe--Western;Prisoners of war--Japan;PJapanese;Prisoners of war;Personal narratives;BiogJapanese;World War

Description

Traces the stories of six prisoners on both sides of World War II, including a pair of European expatriates who were released into the dangerous Philippine jungles, a U.S. citizen who was confined in a detention camp and a Japanese soldier who hid in the Guam jungles until 15 years after the war.;December 1941 -- Origins -- Davao Gold Mine -- Insular patrol -- Yokohama Bank -- Argentina Maru -- The dentist's house -- Zentsuji -- Relocation -- American sojourn -- Across the Gulf of Davao -- Osaka -- Houses in the jungle -- A riot and a marriage -- Happy life blues cabaret -- Hirohata -- The battle for Guam -- MacArthur returns -- Free at last -- Prisoner of war number 1 -- Home from Manzanar -- Stragglers: prisoners of conscience -- Picking up the pieces -- Epilogue: prisoners today.

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