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Gavan Daws combined ten years of documentary research and hundreds of interviews with surrviving POWs to write this explosive, first-and-only account of the experiences of the Allied POWs of World War II. The Japanese Army took over 140,000 Allied prisoners, and one in four died the hands of... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- Oklahoma
- Japan
- Manila
- Singapore
- Burma
- Houston
- United States
- Texas
- Forrest
- Pacific
- China
- Netherlands East Indies
- Tokyo
- Southeast Asia
- Luzon
- Thailand
- Batavia
- Janesville
- Bicycle Camp
- Hong Kong
- Australia
- Changi
- Sumatra
- Geneva
- San Francisco
- Manchuria
- Koreans
- Corregidor
- Malaya
- Kyushu
- Siam
- Borneo
- Sendai
- Fukuoka
- Shanghai
- Sugamo
- Honshu
- Guam
- Hawaii
- Celebes
- Honolulu
- Rabaul
- Bilibid
- Bangkok
- Europe
- West Coast
- Rangoon
First Sentence edit
HARRY JEFFRIES WAS CRUISING, COUNTING THE DAYS TILL HIS divorce papers came through and he could make his getaway from San Francisco.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Gavan Daws (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: New York
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 0688118127
Page Count: 462
Publisher: New York
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 0688118127
Page Count: 462
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 940
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