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245 10 a| American POWs in World War II :b| twelve personal accounts of captivity by Germany and Japan /c| Harry Spiller.;

246 3 a| American prisoners of war in World War Two;

300 a| x, 233 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 23 cm;

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500 a| Includes index.;

505 0 a| 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. Locations of German prison camps -- Appendix C. German regulations concerning prisoners of war.;

520 a| "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.;

650 0 a| Prisoners of warz| United Statesv| Biography.=| ^A476874;

650 0 a| Prisoners of warz| Germanyv| Biography.=| ^A454054;

650 0 a| Prisoners of warz| Japanv| Biography.=| ^A478474;

650 0 a| World War, 1939-1945x| Prisoners and prisons, German.=| ^A39585;

650 0 a| World War, 1939-1945x| Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.=| ^A38723;

650 0 a| World War, 1939-1945v| Personal narratives, American.=| ^A413416;

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American POWs in World War II : twelve personal accounts of captivity by Germany and Japan / Harry Spiller.

Author/creator	Spiller, Harry, 1945-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©2009.
Description	x, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subjects	Prisoners of war--United States. --Biography. Prisoners of war--Germany. --Biography. Prisoners of war--Japan. --Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.

Variant title	American prisoners of war in World War Two
Contents	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. Locations of German prison camps -- Appendix C. German regulations concerning prisoners of war.
Abstract	"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.
General note	Includes index.
LCCN	2009004482
ISBN	9780786442751 (softcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0786442751 (softcover : alk. paper)

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