American POWs in World War II

Harry Spiller is the author of 18 books and numerous magazine articles. He served for 10 years in the U.S. Marine Corps with two tours in Vietnam. He also served as sheriff of Williamson County, Illinois, and retired as an associate professor of criminal justice from John A. Logan College. He lives in Marion, Illinois.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Introduction      1. Gunnery Sergeant Edward SturgeonCaptured While in Defense of Wake Island      2. Sergeant Alvel L. StricklinCaptured During the Battle of the Bulge      3. Technical Sergeant Thomas Harold BoardmanCaptured During a Bombing Mission Over Germany      4. Private Benjamin DunnCaptured on Java Island During the Japanese Invasion      5. Sergeant William Robert CarrCaptured After Being Shot Down on a Bombing Mission Over Germany      6. Corporal Kenneth M. SmithCaptured During the Battle of the Bulge      7. Sergeant Charles BranumCaptured During the Fall of Bataan      8. Technical Sergeant Gordon K. ButtsShot Down Over Mostar, Yugoslavia, During an Air Raid      9. Staff Sergeant Edwin Douglass,Captured in Nancy, France      10. Corporal Ralph L. Lape,Captured During the Japanese Invasion of the Philippines      11. Lieutenant Thomas J. HartCaptured During an Offensive in Burma After Being Left for Dead      12. Staff Sergeant R. L. HulseyCaptured After Being Shot Down Over Solingen, Germany      Appendix A. Japanese Prisoner of War Camps, 1941–1945      Appendix B. Locations of German Prison Camps      Appendix C. German Regulations Concerning Prisoners of War      Index

“As fascinating as the maps and hitherto unpublished camp photos are, Harry’s appendices are even more so… They are priceless lists this reviewer has never seen assembled before…highly recommended”—AR Gunners Magazine