Counting the Days : POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific / Craig B. Smith.

Traces the stories of six prisoners on both sides of World War II, including a pair of European expatriates who were released into the dangerous Philippine jungles, a U.S. citizen who was confined in a detention camp and a Japanese soldier who hid in the Guam jungles until 15 years after the war.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Craig B.
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2012]
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives.
Prisoners of war > Japan > Biography.
Prisoners of war > United States > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Pacific Area.
Genre:
Personal narratives.
Biography.
Physical Description:xxv, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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