Prisoners of war - United States
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Angels of Bataan and Corregidor: The Heroic Nurses of World War II
$8.99 Add to cartSoon after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, they also attacked U.S. military installations in the Philippines. For the army and navy nurses stationed there, what had been a peac… [more below]
- Series: Women Warriors of World War II
- Author: Biskup, Agnieszka
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666333972
- Language: English
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Terry: The Inspiring Story of a Little Girl’s Survival as a POW During WWII
$29.95 Add to cartTerry’s father, Norris Wadsworth, was sent to help start a pineapple plantation and cannery on a new frontier in the Philippines. While the rich, dark soil produced golden fruit, the Wadsworths and ot… [more below]
- Author: Warne, Terry Wadsworth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: November 27 2012
- ISBN10: 1432789732
- Language: English
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Such Splendid Prisons: Diplomatic Detainment in America During World War II
$44.95 Add to cart2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards, Silver Medal Winner
In the chaotic days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Roosevelt administrati
2020-21 Reader Views Literary Awards Bronze Medal Winner- Author: Solomon, Harvey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: January 01 2020
- ISBN10: 164012084X
- Language: English
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Lost in the Cold War: The Story of Jack Downey, America’s Longest-Held POW
$32.95 Add to cartIn 1952, John T. “Jack” Downey, a twenty-three-year-old CIA officer from Connecticut, was shot down over Manchuria during the Korean War. The pilots died in the crash, but Downey and his partner Richa
- Series: Nancy Bernkopf Tucker and Warren I. Cohen Book on American-E
- Author: Downey, John T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 0231199120
- Language: English
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The Miracle of Father Kapaun: Priest, Soldier and Korean War Hero
$17.95 Read moreEmil Kapaun–priest, soldier and Korean War hero–was a rare man. He was awarded posthumously the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award, and is also being considered by the Vatican for c
- Author: Wenzl, Roy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: June 08 2015
- ISBN10: 1621640655
- Language: English
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Guantánamo Diary: Restored Edition
$21.99 Add to cartAn unprecedented international publishing event: the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantanamo detainee.
Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Gu- Author: Slahi, Mohamedou Ould
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 17 2017
- ISBN10: 316517887
- Language: English
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Attu Boy: A Young Alaskan’s WWII Memoir
$26.95 Add to cartIn the quiet of morning, exactly six months after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese touched down on American soil. Landing on the remote Alaska island of Attu, they assailed an entire village, holding the Al… [more below]
- Author: Golodoff, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: May 15 2015
- ISBN10: 1602232490
- Language: English
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Two Souls Indivisible: The Friendship That Saved Two POWs in Vietnam
$17.99 Add to cartHow two Vietnam POWs, one white and one black, formed an unexpected friendship that saved them both: “A moving story.”–John McCain
Fred Cherry was one of the few black pilots taken prisoner by the Vie… [more below]
- Author: Hirsch, James S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: January 26 2022
- ISBN10: 0618562109
- Language: English
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To End All Wars: A True Story about the Will to Survive and the Courage to Forgive
$18.99 Add to cartNow a major motion picture starring Robert Carlyle and Kiefer Sutherland
“Waking from a dream, I suddenly realized where I was: in the Death House–in a prison camp by the River Kwai. I was a prisoner
- Author: Gordon, Ernest
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: June 03 2002
- ISBN10: 0007118481
- Language: English
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Evidence Not Seen: A Woman’s Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II
$18.99 Add to cartThe True Story of One Woman’s Triumph of Faith
Newlywed American missionary Darlene Deibler Rose survived four years in a notorious Japanese prison camp set deep in the jungles of New Guinea. Thinking
- Author: Rose, Darlene Deibler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 25 2003
- ISBN10: 0060670207
- Language: English
