| Bataan and Beyond: Memories of an American POW Contributor(s): Coleman, John S., Jr. (Author), Dooley, Thomas (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0890964912 ISBN-13: 9780890964910 Publisher: Texas A&M University Press OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 78006365 |
| Series: Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students Texas A & M University (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.08" W x 9.05" (0.87 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: After the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in December, 1941, and the subsequent fall of Manila, defending American and Filipino troops withdrew to the Bataan peninsula. For four months these troops, badly outnumbered and crippled by starvation and disease, fought a gallant holding action against the Japanese. When they surrendered in April, 1942, they were subjected to the infamous "death march" to prison camp. Thousands died, and those who survived faced the ordeal of further harsh treatment by the Japanese. John S. Coleman, and air force officer assigned to the Philippines to train air corps regiments for infantry combat, was among those who fought on Bataan and lived to tell about it. Based on a shorthand diary which he kept at great risk throughout his imprisonment, this straightforward account details the ground combat on Bataan, the horrors of the march, and the desperate conditions that were his lot as a POW during the next three and one-half years. The courage and ingenuity of men surviving when survival seemed impossible comes through vividly in this unembellished narrative. It is a compelling eyewitness record of a grim chapter in American history. |