December Ship

A Story of Lt. Col. Arden R. Boellner's Capture in the Philippines, Imprisonment, and Death on a World War II Japanese Hellship

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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On December 14, 1944, the Oryoku Maru, or "December Ship," was attacked by planes of the U.S. Navy, who had no way of knowing 1,619 Allied POWs were on board. One of those prisoners was then-Lieutenant Arden R. Boellner. Through letters, documents, and interviews with survivors, this is an account of Lt. Colonel Boellner's World War II tour of duty, his capture at Mindanao, life in Japanese POW camps in the Philippines, and the horrors of the "December Ship" that led to his death. Numerous photographs, some published for the first time, show life inside the camps.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-09-13
Mått152 x 229 x 7 mm
Vikt195 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor136
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786467778

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Table of ContentsPreface List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction xiiiLetters Home: October-December 1941 Roswell, New Mexico: December 7, 1941 Letters: December 1941-April 1942 Invasion of the Cagayan Sector: May 2-11, 1942 Aftermath of Surrender: May 1942-June 1944 Transfer North to Manila: June 1944 Bilibid Prison and Aboard the Oryoku Maru: October-December 1944 Appendix: Letters Bibliography Index

“numerous photos...an astonishing book that will serve as a memorial to the author’s father and the thousands of American troops that suffered capture, imprisonment and all-to-often, death in the Philippines and the Pacific theatre”—Midwest Book Review; “a daughter’s tribute to her father...a graphic and gripping reconstruction of his imprisonment based on letters, interviews, books and journals...contains revealing photos from Japanese POW camps”—Military Review; “far better written and far better observed than most personal narratives. Illustrations are not only plentiful, but pertinent”—The Cellar Book Shop.