Counting the days : POWs, internees, and stragglers of World War II in the Pacific
(2012)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
940.5472/SMITH,C

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 940.5472/SMITH,C Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2012]
©2012
DESCRIPTION

xxv, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781588343550, 1588343553, 1588343553 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

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