Author: Dominic J. Caraccilo
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811741559
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Deeply moving, intensely graphic account of World War II prisoners of war. Includes a gut-wrenching description of the Bataan Death March.
Surviving Bataan and Beyond
Author: Dominic J. Caraccilo
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811741559
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Deeply moving, intensely graphic account of World War II prisoners of war. Includes a gut-wrenching description of the Bataan Death March.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811741559
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Deeply moving, intensely graphic account of World War II prisoners of war. Includes a gut-wrenching description of the Bataan Death March.
Angels of the Underground
Author: Theresa Kaminski
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019992824X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
Angels of the Underground makes a significant contribution to the work on women's wartime experiences. Through the lens of Utinksy and Phillips, who never wavered in their belief that it was their duty as patriotic American women to aid the Allied cause, Kaminksi highlights how women have always been active participants in war, whether or not they wear a military uniform. An impressive work of scholarship grounded in archival research and personal interviews, this is also a stunning story of courage and heroism in wartime.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019992824X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
Angels of the Underground makes a significant contribution to the work on women's wartime experiences. Through the lens of Utinksy and Phillips, who never wavered in their belief that it was their duty as patriotic American women to aid the Allied cause, Kaminksi highlights how women have always been active participants in war, whether or not they wear a military uniform. An impressive work of scholarship grounded in archival research and personal interviews, this is also a stunning story of courage and heroism in wartime.
Bataan and Beyond
Author: John S. Coleman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780890964910
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
John S. Coleman, an air force officer assigned to the Philippines, was among those who fought on Bataan and lived to tell about it. Based on a shorthand diary he kept at great risk throughout his imprisonment, this terse account details the combat on Bataan, the horrors of the march, and the desperate conditions that were his lot as a POW during the next three and a half years. The courage and ingenuity of those surviving when survival seemed impossible comes through vividly in this unembellished narrative. Book jacket.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780890964910
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
John S. Coleman, an air force officer assigned to the Philippines, was among those who fought on Bataan and lived to tell about it. Based on a shorthand diary he kept at great risk throughout his imprisonment, this terse account details the combat on Bataan, the horrors of the march, and the desperate conditions that were his lot as a POW during the next three and a half years. The courage and ingenuity of those surviving when survival seemed impossible comes through vividly in this unembellished narrative. Book jacket.
Coast Watching in World War II
Author: A. B. Feuer
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811733298
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Vivid firsthand accounts of a secret organization whose existence was denied during the war. Maps pinpoint coast-watching locations.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811733298
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Vivid firsthand accounts of a secret organization whose existence was denied during the war. Maps pinpoint coast-watching locations.
Ghost, Thunderbolt, and Wizard
Author: Robert W. Black
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 081174955X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Noted Ranger historian Robert W. Black turns his attention to a trio of the Confederacy's--and America's--most infamous raiders and cavalrymen: John Singleton Mosby, John Hunt Morgan, and Nathan Bedford Forrest. Combining speed, mobility, and boldness, these three soldiers struck critical blows against the Union during the Civil War, including Morgan's notorious 1863 raid that penetrated farther north than any other uniformed Confederate force. While not overlooking their flaws, Black believes these men revolutionized warfare and sees them as forerunners of the Rangers and Special Forces of the modern era.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 081174955X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Noted Ranger historian Robert W. Black turns his attention to a trio of the Confederacy's--and America's--most infamous raiders and cavalrymen: John Singleton Mosby, John Hunt Morgan, and Nathan Bedford Forrest. Combining speed, mobility, and boldness, these three soldiers struck critical blows against the Union during the Civil War, including Morgan's notorious 1863 raid that penetrated farther north than any other uniformed Confederate force. While not overlooking their flaws, Black believes these men revolutionized warfare and sees them as forerunners of the Rangers and Special Forces of the modern era.
The Times When Men Must Die: The Story of the Destruction of the Philippine Army During the Early Months of World War II in the Pacific, December 1941-May 1942
Author:
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 143495563X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 143495563X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Bataan Death March
Author: Bollich, James
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781455600601
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
From a brave American veteran comes an eyewitness account of a gruesome chapter in World War II history. Captured when America surrendered the PhilippinesBataan Peninsula, James Bollich experienced first-hand the march that cost more than 8,000 American and Filipino lives. Now, he shares the unforgettable experience of his three and a half years of Japanese imprisonment.This journal relates his personal experience, first focusing on the sixty-five-mile march that deprived prisoners of food, water, and rest. Prisoners received harsh punishments for any infraction, one of the most brutal of these being the policy of beheading them for taking a sip of water. Rather than force him to give up, these things made Bollich fight for life even more. Witnessing his comrades falling beside him and watching his own body waste away to ninety pounds, he never yielded his will to survive. After completing the march, he remained a prisoner of war, first at an old Philippine army base, then in another camp at Mukden, Manchuria. He relates his imprisonment in detail, from starvation and torture to digging their own comrades graves in the hot sun, without hats or water. Through it all, he remained courageous and hopeful that he would one day make it back home. His story reminds both past and present generations of the horror and brutality of the Pacific war, all the while providing an inspiring testament to the will ofthe human spirit.
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781455600601
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
From a brave American veteran comes an eyewitness account of a gruesome chapter in World War II history. Captured when America surrendered the PhilippinesBataan Peninsula, James Bollich experienced first-hand the march that cost more than 8,000 American and Filipino lives. Now, he shares the unforgettable experience of his three and a half years of Japanese imprisonment.This journal relates his personal experience, first focusing on the sixty-five-mile march that deprived prisoners of food, water, and rest. Prisoners received harsh punishments for any infraction, one of the most brutal of these being the policy of beheading them for taking a sip of water. Rather than force him to give up, these things made Bollich fight for life even more. Witnessing his comrades falling beside him and watching his own body waste away to ninety pounds, he never yielded his will to survive. After completing the march, he remained a prisoner of war, first at an old Philippine army base, then in another camp at Mukden, Manchuria. He relates his imprisonment in detail, from starvation and torture to digging their own comrades graves in the hot sun, without hats or water. Through it all, he remained courageous and hopeful that he would one day make it back home. His story reminds both past and present generations of the horror and brutality of the Pacific war, all the while providing an inspiring testament to the will ofthe human spirit.
World War II in Literature for Youth
Author: Patricia Hachten Wee
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810853010
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
This comprehensive volume provides a wealth of information with annotated listings of more than 3,500 titles--a broad sampling of books on the war years 1939-1945. Includes both fiction and nonfiction works about all aspects of the war. Professional resources for educators aligned to the educational standards for social studies; technical references; periodicals and electronic resources; a directory of WWII museums, memorials, and other institutions; and topics for exploration complement this excellent library and classroom resource.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810853010
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
This comprehensive volume provides a wealth of information with annotated listings of more than 3,500 titles--a broad sampling of books on the war years 1939-1945. Includes both fiction and nonfiction works about all aspects of the war. Professional resources for educators aligned to the educational standards for social studies; technical references; periodicals and electronic resources; a directory of WWII museums, memorials, and other institutions; and topics for exploration complement this excellent library and classroom resource.
Fighting in Vietnam
Author: James Westheider
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811708314
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
"The Vietnam War differed from previous American wars of the twentieth century. It was an undeclared and limited war that divided the country and was fought disproportionately by minorities and working-class whites, many of whom did not want to serve. This is the story of the men and women who participated in this generation-defining conflict overseas and stateside -- a war of search-and-destroy missions and combat with an ill-defined enemy, but also a war of drug use, fragging, and antiwar protests ... James Westheider captures the many dimensions of what it was like to fight in the Vietnam War"--Page 4 of cover.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811708314
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
"The Vietnam War differed from previous American wars of the twentieth century. It was an undeclared and limited war that divided the country and was fought disproportionately by minorities and working-class whites, many of whom did not want to serve. This is the story of the men and women who participated in this generation-defining conflict overseas and stateside -- a war of search-and-destroy missions and combat with an ill-defined enemy, but also a war of drug use, fragging, and antiwar protests ... James Westheider captures the many dimensions of what it was like to fight in the Vietnam War"--Page 4 of cover.
Europe in Flames
Author: Harold J. Goldberg
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 081170873X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Highlights the key decisions and events of World War II in Europe from Allied and Axis perspectives.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 081170873X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Highlights the key decisions and events of World War II in Europe from Allied and Axis perspectives.