The Butchers, the Baker: The World War II Memoir of a United States Army Air Corps Soldier Captured by the Japanese in the Philippines by Victor L. Mapes, Scott A. Mills (Paperback, 2008)
Twelve hours after Pearl Harbor, Clark Field in the Philippines was attacked by Japanese aircraft. Among the survivors was Private Victor L. Mapes, who spent the next three years fleeing from and then being imprisoned by the Japanese military machine. When the tide of battle in the Pacific turned against the Japanese, Mapes experienced more harrowing conditions than before. After his unmarked prison ship was torpedoed by an American submarine, the wounded author struggled in the water against the elements and the enemy, as the Japanese tried to kill the escaping POWs.Mapes' memoir chronicles a gruelling three-year ordeal that was punctuated by strange and often amusing encounters with fellow Americans, Japanese, Filipinos, and the fierce Moros of Mindanao Island. The memoir includes photographs and maps, as well as a bibliography and index.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mcfarland & Co Inc
ISBN-13
9780786438792
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94662636
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Butchers, the Baker: The World War II Memoir of a United States Army Air Corps Soldier Captured by the Japanese in the Philippines
Author
Victor L. Mapes, Scott A. Mills
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Memorials, Government, History
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
248 Pages
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Victor L. Mapes, Scott A. Mills
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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