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RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 M64 2016 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17942 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9780399583551 (hardbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 805 .P6
- Item number - M64 2016
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Moore, Stephen L.,
- Relator term - author.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - As good as dead :
- Remainder of title - the daring escape of American POWs from a Japanese Death Camp /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Stephen L. Moore.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - CALIBER,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - [2016]
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - vi, 358 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates :
- Other physical details - illustrations, maps ;
- Dimensions - 24 cm
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
- Media type term - unmediated
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| Carrier Type |
- Carrier type term - volume
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
- Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-347) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - Prologue -- The Death March -- Prisoners of the rock -- Passage to Palawan -- Camp 10-A -- Palawan's "Fighting one thousand" -- "We got the third and fourth degree" -- Escape and evasion -- Changing of the guard -- Code name "Red Hankie" -- Sub survivors and coastwatchers -- The weasel and the buzzard -- "Annihilate them all" -- The gauntlet -- Hunted -- Fights and flight -- Swimmers and survivors -- Mac's Odyssey -- Eleven against the elements -- Exodus from Brooke's point -- The long road home -- Trials and tributes -- Appendix A: Victims of the Palawan Massacre, December 14, 1944 -- Appendix B: Survivors of the Palawan Massacre, December 14, 1944 -- Appendix C: American POWs of Palawan Camp 10-A held between August 1, 1942 and September 14, 1944 -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- Index
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "The heroic story of eleven American POWs, who defied certain death in World War II, As Good as Dead is an unforgettable account of the Palawan Massacre survivors and their daring escape.
In late 1944, the Allies invaded the Japanese-held Philippines, and soon the end of the Pacific War was within reach. But for the last 150 American prisoners of war still held on the island Palawan, there would be no salvation. After years of slave labor, starvation, disease, and torture, their worst fears were about to be realized. On December 14, with machine guns trained on them, they were herded underground into shallow air-raid shelters--death pits dug with their own hands.
Japanese soldiers doused the shelters with gasoline and set them on fire. Some thirty prisoners managed to bolt from the fiery carnage, running a lethal gauntlet of machine-gun fire and bayonets to jump from the cliffs to the rocky Palawan coast. By the next morning, only eleven men were left alive--but their desperate journey to freedom had just begun.
As Good as Dead is one of the greatest escape stories of World War II, and one that few Americans know. The eleven survivors of the Palawan Massacre--some badly wounded and burned--spent weeks evading Japanese patrols. They scrounged for food and water, swam shark-infested bays, and wandered through treacherous jungle terrain, hoping to find friendly Filipino guerrillas. Their endurance, determination, and courage in the face of death make this a gripping and inspiring saga of survival."
- Summary, etc. - "The story of the Palawan massacre. On December 14, 1944, the last 150 POWs on Palawan were herded into shallow air-raid shelters that were set alight. Some thirty prisoners escaped, running a lethal gauntlet of machine guns and bayonets. The next day eleven were left, some badly wounded and burned. They spent weeks evading Japanese patrols until rescued. The book includes information about the postwar trial of the guards." - Roderick Hall
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoner-of-war escapes
- Geographic subdivision - Palawan Island
- General subdivision - History
- Chronological subdivision - 20th century.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Japan
- Form subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- Form subdivision - Biography.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Palawan Island (Philippines)
- General subdivision - History, Military
- Chronological subdivision - 20th century.
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| Additional Physical Form Entry |
- Relationship information - Online version:
- Main entry heading - Moore, Stephen L., author.
- Title - As good as dead
- Place, publisher, and date of publication - New York : CALIBER, 2016
- International Standard Book Number - 9780399583575
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