Counting the days : POWs, internees, and stragglers of World War II in the Pacific
(2012)
By:
Smith, Craig B
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
940.5472/SMITH,C
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2012]
©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