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Author:
Koerner, Brendan I.
Title:
Now the hell will start : one soldier's flight from the greatest manhunt of World War II / Brendan I. Koerner.
Publisher:
Penguin Press,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
386 p. : ill. map ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Perry, Herman,--1922-
World War, 1939-1945--African Americans--Biography.
United States.--Army--African Americans--Biography.
African American soldiers--Biography.
Stilwell Road (Burma and India)
Military deserters--United States--Biography.
Escapes--Burma--History--20th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Traces the story of World War II soldier Herman Perry, an African-American G.I. assigned to a segregated labor battalion who sparked the war's most notorious manhunt when he fled into the Indo-Burmese jungle after shooting an unarmed white officer.
ISBN:
1594201730
9781594201738
LCCN:
2007043078
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
WPPB215 -- Everly Public Library (Everly)
KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)
WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

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