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Behind the barbed wire : memoir of a World War II U.S. marine captured in North China in 1941 and imprisoned by the Japanese until 1945 / by Chester M. Biggs, Jr.
LIBRA D805.A78 B54 1995
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Biggs, Chester M., 1921-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biggs, Chester M., 1921-.
- Biggs, Chester M.
- United States. Marine Corps.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- United States. Marine Corps--Biography.
- United States.
- Prisoners of war--Asia--Biography.
- Prisoners of war.
- Asia.
- Local Subjects:
- United States. Marine Corps.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [1995]
- Contents:
- 1 The Surrender 3
- 2 Peipingl940 35
- 3 Peiping 1941 53
- 4 Prisoners of War 69
- 5 Woosung POW Camp 85
- 6 Kiangwan POW Camp 119
- 7 Fengtai and Fusan POW Camps 159
- 8 Hokkaido POW Camp 167.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-218) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Biggs, Chester M., 1921- Behind the barbed wire.
- ISBN:
- 9780899509723
- 089950972X
- 9780786467228
- 0786467223
- OCLC:
- 31045947
- Publisher Number:
- 99944664617
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