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Author : Diane Saenger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781560067160
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Life as a POW written by Diane Saenger and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the unhealthy conditions, isolation, starvation, and torture of American POWs held by the North Vietnamese.
Author : John F. Wukovits
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781560066651
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (666 download)
Download or read book Life as a POW written by John F. Wukovits and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes what it was like to be an American prisoner of war held by the Germans or Japanese during World War II, discussing the physical conditions, emotional turmoil, and difficult transition to freedom after harsh imprisonment.
Author : Melissa Amateis Marsh
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625849559
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Nebraska POW Camps written by Melissa Amateis Marsh and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War II, thousands of Axis prisoners of war were held throughout Nebraska in base camps that included Fort Robinson, Camp Scottsbluff and Camp Atlanta. Many Nebraskans did not view the POWs as "evil Nazis." To them, they were ordinary men and very human. And while their stay was not entirely free from conflict, many former captives returned to the Cornhusker State to begin new lives after the cessation of hostilities. Drawing on first-person accounts from soldiers, former POWs and Nebraska residents, as well as archival research, Melissa Marsh delves into the neglected history of Nebraska's POW camps.
Author : Sarah Kovner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 067473761X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (747 download)
Download or read book Prisoners of the Empire written by Sarah Kovner and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Allied POWs in the Pacific theater of World War II suffered terribly. But abuse wasn't a matter of Japanese policy, as is commonly assumed. Sarah Kovner shows poorly trained guards and rogue commanders inflicted the most horrific damage. Camps close to centers of imperial power tended to be less violent, and many POWs died from friendly fire.
Author : Glenn Robins
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081314325X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book The Longest Rescue written by Glenn Robins and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While serving as a crew chief aboard a U.S. Air Force Rescue helicopter, Airman First Class William A. Robinson was shot down and captured in Ha Tinh Province, North Vietnam, on September 20, 1965. After a brief stint at the "Hanoi Hilton," Robinson endured 2,703 days in multiple North Vietnamese prison camps, including the notorious Briarpatch and various compounds at Cu Loc, known by the inmates as the Zoo. No enlisted man in American military history has been held as a prisoner of war longer than Robinson. For seven and a half years, he faced daily privations and endured the full range of North Vietnam's torture program. In The Longest Rescue: The Life and Legacy of Vietnam POW William A. Robinson, Glenn Robins tells Robinson's story using an array of sources, including declassified U.S. military documents, translated Vietnamese documents, and interviews from the National Prisoner of War Museum. Unlike many other POW accounts, this comprehensive biography explores Robinson's life before and after his capture, particularly his estranged relationship with his father, enabling a better understanding of the difficult transition POWs face upon returning home and the toll exacted on their families. Robins's powerful narrative not only demonstrates how Robinson and his fellow prisoners embodied the dedication and sacrifice of America's enlisted men but also explores their place in history and memory.
Author : Ruth Beaumont Cook
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781467553926
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (539 download)
Download or read book Guests Behind the Barbed Wire written by Ruth Beaumont Cook and published by . This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicling a lesser-known aspect of World War II, this glimpse into secret history re-creates the world of Aliceville, Alabama, during the war, when as many as 6,000 German prisoners-of-war (POWs) and 1,000 military police guards set up camp and stayed for almost three years. It discusses how the residents of Aliceville helped build, operate, and supply the camp, as well as become inextricably intertwined with camp life and the soldiers being held there. Uncovering what being treated well by the enemy meant in the lives of these POWs, this relevant and fascinating story investigates the nature of war and the principles of human dignity in the midst of America's seemingly unending war on terror, which has brought "Geneva Convention" back into common vocabulary along with questions about what is appropriate treatment of enemies and how future generations are affected by such treatment.
Author : H. R. R. Furmanski
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787204014
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (872 download)
Download or read book Life Can Be Cruel written by H. R. R. Furmanski and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1960, this compact book tells the true story of a German soldier: from his early childhood during the First World War, through to his harrowing experiences on the frontline during the Word War II, culminating in his capture by the Red Army on 20 December 1942... An astonishing first-hand account.
Author : Clare Makepeace
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107145872
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Captives of War written by Clare Makepeace and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capture-- Imprisoned servicemen -- Bonds between men -- Ties with home -- Going "round the bend"--Liberation -- Resettling -- Conclusion
Author : David Fiedler
Publisher : Missouri History Museum
ISBN 13 : 9781883982492
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (824 download)
Download or read book The Enemy Among Us written by David Fiedler and published by Missouri History Museum. This book was released on 2003 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For residents of the mostly small towns where these camps were located, the arrival of enemy POWs engendered a range of emotions - first fear and apprehension, then curiosity, and finally, in many cases, a feeling of fondness for the men they had come to know and like."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : William N. Donovan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780842027250
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)
Download or read book P.O.W. in the Pacific written by William N. Donovan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1998 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: P.O.W. in the Pacific: Memoirs of an American Doctor in World War II describes the last weeks before Donovan's capture and his struggles after being taken prisoner at the surrender of Corregidor to the Japanese on May 6, 1942. He remained a P.O.W. until his release on August 14, 1945, V-J Day.
Author : Dr. Kathryn Roe Coker & Jason Wetzel
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467139076
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Georgia POW Camps in World War II written by Dr. Kathryn Roe Coker & Jason Wetzel and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War II, many Georgians witnessed the enemy in their backyards. More than twelve thousand German and Italian prisoners captured in far-off battlefields were sent to POW camps in Georgia. With large base camps located from Camp Wheeler in Macon and Camp Stewart in Savannah to smaller camps throughout the state, prisoner reeducation and work programs evoked different reactions to the enemy. There was even a POW work detail of forty German soldiers at Augusta National Golf Course, which was changed from a temporary cow pasture to the splendid golf course we know today. Join author and historian Dr. Kathryn Roe Coker and coauthor Jason Wetzel as they explore the daily lives of POWs in Georgia and the lasting impact they had on the Peach State.
Author : Dorothy H. McDaniel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781936488483
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (884 download)
Download or read book After the Hero's Welcome written by Dorothy H. McDaniel and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an American asked to serve, I was prepared to fight, to be wounded, to be captured and even prepared to die, but I was not prepared to be abandoned. It is that one American is not worth the effort to be found, we, as Americans, have lost. These are the words of Captain Eugene Red McDaniel, who for six years was prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. For three of those years, he was listed missing in action. During those tumultuous years, his wife Dorothy McDaniel clung to her faith, knowing that he was still alive. It was her fight to find information on her POW husband, and his subsequent release from a North Vietnam prison that prompted them both to fight to have the United States government conduct search and rescue missions for prisoners they believed were still being held. In this 20th anniversary edition of After the Hero's Welcome, read the story that shows the war didn't end for either Dorothy or her husband when he was released. The war on behalf of the many POWs still in North Vietnam prisons was just getting started.
Author : Richard Baron
Publisher : Dell
ISBN 13 : 0440236096
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Raid! written by Richard Baron and published by Dell. This book was released on 2000-08-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The orders came from Patton himself: Take a strike force behind enemy lines--with no air or ground support--and liberate a POW camp at Hammelburg, where Patton's son-in-law was held. Captain Abe Baum and an armored task force answered the call, crashing through an enemy-held town, plunging into German territory, and fighting their way to Hammelburg. With the German army closing in around them, the raiders kept going, until they had liberated 1,500 prisoners of war. Baum's Raiders had just achieved an impossible objective. Now they had to get back out....RAID! Written by the men who were there, Raid! is the gripping real-life story of a controversial mission in the heart of World War II. From the belly of a Sherman Tank pelted with enemy fire to the POWs waiting behind barbed wire, this is a thrilling, you-are-there chronicle of human courage--in the face of impossible odds.
Author : Barbara Hately
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1847797261
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)
Download or read book War and welfare written by Barbara Hately and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Second World War, some 250,000 British servicemen were taken captive by either the Axis powers or the Japanese. As a result of this, their wives and families became completely dependent on the military and civil authorities. This book examines the experiences of the millions of service dependents created by total war. The book then focuses on the most disadvantaged elements of this group - the wives, children and dependents of men taken prisoner- and the changes brought about by the exigencies of total war. Further chapters reflect on how these families organised to lobby government and the strategies they adopted to circumvent apparent bureaucratic ineptitude and misinformation. This book is essential reading for both academic and general readers interested in the British Home Front during the Second World War.
Author : Ooka Shohei
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Taken Captive written by Ooka Shohei and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1996-04-17 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The harsh conditions, the daily routines that occupy a prisoner's time, and above all, the psychological struggles and behavioral quirks of captives forced to live in close confinement are conveyed with devastating simplicity and candor. Throughout, the author constantly probes his own conscience, questioning motivations and decisions. What emerges is a multileveled portrait of an individual determined to retain his humanity in an uncivilized environment.
Author : Alex Kershaw
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141901764
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book The Longest Winter written by Alex Kershaw and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cold winter morning in the Ardennes Forest, 1944, and Hitler launches his last and most audacious attack on the unprepared Allies. Standing between the German forces and the desperately regrouping Allies were just eighteen young Americans, hidden in fox holes. In a fierce day-long battle, this small band of soldiers repulsed the German attack three times, inflicting severe casualties and defending a strategically vital hill despite being vastly outnumbered. They surrendered only when they ran out of ammunition. But then the real battle for survival began ... Alex Kershaw's brilliant account draws on the words of the decorated men who fought this heroic action, bringing vividly to life their struggle on the battlefield and later off it - as POWs.
Author : Dr. James Van Keuren
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467141666
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book World War II POW Camps in Ohio written by Dr. James Van Keuren and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War II, more than six thousand prisoners of war resided at Camp Perry near Port Clinton and its branch camps at Columbus, Rossford, Cambridge, Celina, Bowling Green, Defiance, Marion, Parma and Wilmington. From the start, the camps were a study in contradictions. The Italian prisoners who arrived first charmed locals with their affable, easygoing natures, while their German successors often put on a serious, intractable front. Some local residents fondly recall working alongside the prisoners and reuniting with them later in life. Others held the prisoners in disdain, feeling that they were coddled while natives struggled with day-to-day needs. Drawing on first-person accounts from soldiers, former POWs and residents, as well as archival research, Dr. Jim Van Keuren delves into the neglected history of Ohio's POW camps.
