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From Bataan to safety : the rescue of 104 American soldiers in the Philippines / Malcolm Decker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Decker, Malcolm, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fassoth, Bill, 1890-1957.
- Fassoth, Bill.
- Fassoth, Martin, 1890-1982.
- Fassoth, Martin.
- Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Philippines.
- Prisoner-of-war escapes--Philippines--History--20th century.
- Prisoner-of-war escapes.
- Prisoners of war--Philippines--Biography.
- Prisoners of war.
- History.
- Philippines.
- Prisoners of war--United States--Biography.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 222 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2008]
- Summary:
- "For the 400 American soldiers who escaped the Bataan Death March and hundreds of others who refused to surrender, escaping the Bataan Peninsula to Luzon was a life-or-death journey. Among the local families who risked their lives to provide food and shelter to fleeing American soldiers were Bill and Martin Fassoth"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 War: December 8, 1941 3
- 2 Into Bataan 16
- 3 Little Food, Bad Ammunition 25
- 4 Escape 39
- 5 Fassoths' Camps 69
- 6 Raids 98
- 7 Capture, Surrender, Survive 124
- 8 The Summer of '43 146
- 9 Re-formation 156
- 10 Preparations 167
- 11 MacArthur Returns 182.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-214) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786433964
- 0786433965
- OCLC:
- 182656617
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