LEADER 04320nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910458773203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-04960-0 010 $a9786613049605 010 $a1-61251-004-3 035 $a(CKB)2560000000061213 035 $a(EBL)665870 035 $a(OCoLC)707067954 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000488226 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12196202 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000488226 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10447539 035 $a(PQKB)10735380 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC665870 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL665870 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10454911 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL304960 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000061213 100 $a20100604d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVictory in defeat$b[electronic resource] $ethe Wake Island defenders in captivity, 1941-1945 /$fGregory J.W. Urwin 210 $aAnnapolis, Md. $cNaval Institute Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (512 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59114-899-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $a"Issue in doubt" : the siege of Wake Island -- "The emperor has ... presented you with your lives" : the shock of capture -- "Very odd people indeed" : the first twenty-four hours in captivity -- "The Japanese continue to treat us with respect" : a deceptively gentle transition to POW life -- "A real hell ship" : from Wake Island to Yokohama on the Nitta Maru -- "Never had I felt so desolate or so weary" : from murder at sea to despair on land -- "The most painful days we spent in prison camp" : hitting bottom at Woosung -- "The Japanese Army ... will improve your conditions" : turning the corner at Woosung -- "Without Red Cross help ... we would never have pulled through" : the impact of outside aid -- "I thought they handled themselves reasonably well" : Japanese-POW relations at Woosung -- "You God damn Americans don't understand anything" : strains, outrages, and departures -- "This camp is the best one that the Japs have" : a new commandant and a new camp -- A hellacious damn deal till we finished" : pushed to the edge on Mount Fuji -- "Optimism ... is running high" : hope revives at Kiangwan -- "The pleasure of raising our flag over the enemy's homeland" : to Japan and liberation -- "98 US PW, 5-10-43" : the Wake Island diaspora, 1942-1945 -- "We had a bond there that's still going" : why so many came home. 330 $aTold here for the first time in vivid detail is the story of the defenders of Wake Island following their surrender to the Japanese on December 23, 1941. The highly regarded military historian Gregory Urwin spent decades researching what happened and now offers a revealing look at the U.S. Marines, sailors, soldiers, and civilian contractors in captivity. In addition to exhaustive archival research, he interviewed dozens of POWs and even some of their Japanese captors. He also had access to diaries secretly kept by the prisoners. This information has allowed Urwin to provide a nuanced loo 606 $aWake Island, Battle of, Wake Island, 1941 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPrisoners and prisons, Japanese 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xConcentration camps$zJapan 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xConcentration camps$zChina$zShanghai 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zWake Island 606 $aPrisoners of war$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aPrisoners of war$zWake Island$vBiography 607 $aWake Island$xHistory, Military$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWake Island, Battle of, Wake Island, 1941. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPrisoners and prisons, Japanese. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xConcentration camps 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xConcentration camps 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aPrisoners of war 615 0$aPrisoners of war 676 $a940.54/7252092273 700 $aUrwin$b Gregory J. W.$f1955-$0931423 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458773203321 996 $aVictory in defeat$92095217 997 $aUNINA