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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451897003321

Autore

Stahl Bob <1920->

Titolo

Fugitives [[electronic resource] ] : evading and escaping the Japanese / / Bob Stahl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Ky., : University Press of Kentucky, 2001

ISBN

0-8131-3845-0

1-283-32750-3

9786613327505

0-8131-7080-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Disciplina

813/.54

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945

Mining engineers - United States

World War, 1939-1945 - Philippines

Escapes - Philippines - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

"" 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