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Author:

Smith, Craig B.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Smithsonian Books,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

December 1941 -- Origins -- Davao Gold Mine -- Insular patrol -- Yokohama Bank -- Argentina Maru -- The dentist's house -- Zentsuji -- Relocation -- American sojourn -- Across the Gulf of Davao -- Osaka -- Houses in the jungle -- A riot and a marriage -- Happy life blues cabaret -- Hirohata -- The battle for Guam -- MacArthur returns -- Free at last -- Prisoner of war number 1 -- Home from Manzanar -- Stragglers: prisoners of conscience -- Picking up the pieces -- Epilogue: prisoners today.

ISBN:

1588343553
9781588343550

OCLC:

(OCoLC)747527844

LCCN:

2011047583

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TNPD062 -- Belle Plaine Community Library (Belle Plaine)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

KIPB845 -- Hospers Public Library (Hospers)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)