About 130,000 American soldiers were captured during World War II, a fourth of them by Japan and the rest by Germany. These 12 accounts describe the battle experience, the different nations attitudes toward imprisonment, and the often-barbaric treatment of prisoners of war. Hardship, brutality, frostbite, hunger, strenuous working conditions, and the jubilation of release are presented in the words of the soldiers, portraying the Bataan Death March, Wake Island, D-Day, the 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.…mehr
About 130,000 American soldiers were captured during World War II, a fourth of them by Japan and the rest by Germany. These 12 accounts describe the battle experience, the different nations attitudes toward imprisonment, and the often-barbaric treatment of prisoners of war. Hardship, brutality, frostbite, hunger, strenuous working conditions, and the jubilation of release are presented in the words of the soldiers, portraying the Bataan Death March, Wake Island, D-Day, the 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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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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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
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
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