| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
403 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Surviving the Depression -- Submariners -- Assignment: Grenadier -- Captured -- The convent on Light Street -- From bad to worse -- Saved by the bombs -- Going home -- Sixty years later -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
Documents the stories of four World War II prisoners of war who were tortured by their Japanese captors, describing the events that led to their imprisonment, the brutal conditions that forged their deep bond, and their considerable struggles to re-acclimate to civilian life. |
| Subject |
Grenadier (Submarine)
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Submariners -- United States -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
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Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography.
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Palmer, Bob, 1919-2000.
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Cox, Gordy.
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McCoy, Tim, 1924-
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Vervalin, Chuck.
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| ISBN |
9780609610435 |
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0609610430 |
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