Sorties into hell : the hidden war on Chichi Jima /

In October 1946, Colonel Presley Rixey arrived by destroyer at Chichi Jima to repatriate 22,000 Japanese who had been bypassed during the war in the Pacific. While waiting for a Marine battalion to arrive, the colonel met daily with a Japanese commission assigned to assist him. When asked what had h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hearn, Chester G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
Temas:
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Japan > Chichi Island.
World War, 1939-1945 > Japan > Chichi Island.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Prisoners of war > United States > History > 20th century.
Prisoners of war > Japan > History > 20th century.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Prisonniers et prisons des japonais.
Prisonniers de guerre > Japon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Atrocities
Prisoners of war
Chichi Island (Japan) > History > 20th century.
Japan
Japan > Chichi Island
United States
Electronic books.
Electronic book.
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Prelude to Iwo Jima; 2. War Comes to Chichi Jima; 3. The Question; 4. Return of the Natives; 5. The Entrapment of Major Horie; 6. The Search Begins; 7. The Flesh Eaters; 8. The Execution of Floyd Ewing Hall; 9. The Flyers from the Bunker Hill; 10. Semper Fi; 11. The Search for the Unknowns; 12. The Criminals of Chichi Jima; 13. Decision at Guam; Epilogue; Appendix A: Pilots Shot Down over Chichi Jima; Appendix B: Key Japanese Officers and Enlisted Men Recommended for Trial; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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