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Fugitives : evading and escaping the Japanese / Bob Stahl.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stahl, Bob, 1920-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Mining engineers--United States--Biography.
- Mining engineers.
- World War, 1939-1945--Philippines.
- Escapes--Philippines--History--20th century.
- Escapes.
- Hamner, Jordan A.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (158 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "" When the Japanese Imperial Forces invaded the Philippine Islands at the onset of World War II, they quickly rounded up Allied citizens on Luzon and imprisoned them as enemy aliens. These captured civilians were treated inhumanely from the start, and news of the atrocities committed by the enemy soon spread to the more remote islands to the south. Hearing this, many of the expatriates living there refused to surrender as their islands were occupied. Fugitives, based on the memoir of Jordan A. Hamner, tells the true story of a young civilian mining engineer trapped on the islands during th
- Contents:
- Cover; Fugitives; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of Maps; Preface; Introduction; Prologue; 1. Manila; 2. Masbate; 3. Evacuation; 4. Back to the Mine; 5. Panay; 6. Mindanao; 7. Into the Jungle; 8. Preparing to Sail; 9. To Australia; 10. Brisbane; Epilogue; Appendix: War Department Letter; Further Reading
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786613327505
- 9780813138459
- 0813138450
- 9781283327503
- 1283327503
- 9780813170800
- 081317080X
- OCLC:
- 65196359
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