02823nam 2200661 a 450 991082430210332120240514072749.00-8131-3845-01-283-32750-397866133275050-8131-7080-X(CKB)1000000000460357(EBL)820208(OCoLC)65196359(SSID)ssj0000159600(PQKBManifestationID)11154614(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000159600(PQKBWorkID)10158400(PQKB)10969064(OCoLC)606632621(MdBmJHUP)muse18150(Au-PeEL)EBL820208(CaPaEBR)ebr10526373(CaONFJC)MIL332750(MiAaPQ)EBC820208(EXLCZ)99100000000046035720010801d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFugitives evading and escaping the Japanese /Bob Stahl1st ed.Lexington, Ky. University Press of Kentucky20011 online resource (158 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8131-2224-4 Includes bibliographical references.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"" 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 thWorld War, 1939-1945Personal narratives, AmericanMining engineersUnited StatesBiographyWorld War, 1939-1945PhilippinesEscapesPhilippinesHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945Mining engineersWorld War, 1939-1945EscapesHistory813/.54Stahl Bob1920-1614305MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824302103321Fugitives3944074UNINA