Bataan Survivor : A POW's Account of Japanese Captivity in World War II /
Drafted in 1945 following the author's liberation from a Japanese prisoner of war camp, this personal memoir of Colonel David L. Hardee was forgotten for over seventy years. A career infantry officer, Hardee fought during the Battle of Bataan as executive officer of the Provisional Air Corps Re...
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Idioma: | Inglés |
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Columbia, Missouri :
University of Missouri Press,
[2016]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Section I. Fighting on Bataan. The war is on ; The billion dollar Christmas tree ; Many pilots and no airplanes ; The last days in Bataan ; The Death March
- Section II. Death's prison camps. Camp O'Donnell ; Cabanatuan ; More prison life at Cabanatuan ; En route to Dapecol
- Section III. Survival on Mindanao. Life at Dapecol ; A hernia saved my life ; More life at Dapecol ; Final days at Dapecol ; A hellship trip to Bilibid
- Section IV. Liberation and return ; Manila and Bilibid ; Life at Bilibid ; Final days of imprisonment ; Liberation ; Homeward bound
- Appendix. Military decorations and medal citations.