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Bataan and Beyond: Memories of an American POW

Door John S. Coleman Jr.

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#295073
Titel	Bataan and Beyond: Memories of an American POW
Auteur	Coleman Jr., John S.
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Texas A&M University Press
Jaar van uitgave	1978
ISBN10	0890964912
ISBN13	9780890964910
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	After the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in December, 1941, and the subsequent fall of Manila, defending American and Filipino troops withdrew to the Bataan peninsula. For four months these troops, badly outnumbered and crippled by starvation and disease, fought a gallant holding action against the Japanese. When they surrendered in April, 1942, they were subjected to the infamous death march to prison camp. Thousands died, and those who survived faced the ordeal of further harsh treatment by the Japanese. John S. Coleman, and air force officer assigned to the Philippines to train air corps regiments for infantry combat, was among those who fought on Bataan and lived to tell about it. Based on a shorthand diary which he kept at great risk throughout his imprisonment, this straightf... (Lees verder)orward account details the ground combat on Bataan, the horrors of the march, and the desperate conditions that were his lot as a POW during the next three and one-half years. The courage and ingenuity of men surviving when survival seemed impossible comes through vividly in this unembellished narrative. It is a compelling eyewitness record of a grim chapter in American history.
Pagina's	210
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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