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Captured : the forgotten men of Guam /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mansell, Roger
Other Authors: Holmes, Linda Goetz
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2012]
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Guam.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Prisoners of war > Japan.
Prisoners of war > United States.
Prisoners of war > Guam.
United States > Armed Forces > Guam > Biography.
Guam > History > Japanese occupation, 1941-1944.
Table of Contents:
  • Last days of paradise: summer 1941
  • Japan attacks
  • The Japanese invasion
  • The Japanese occupy Guam
  • Voyage into prison
  • Those left behind: the Chamorros and military in hiding
  • Zentsuji: the first months
  • Civilians in Kobe
  • Life in Zentsuji
  • Labor at Zentsuji
  • Transfer to Osaka
  • The Doolittle Raid
  • Hirohata #1: home for the eighty eightballs
  • The first christmas in Japan
  • The men of Bataan and Corregidor arrive
  • Hirohata #2: a new camp and POWs from the Philippines
  • Tanagawa
  • Chikko: the Osaka main camp
  • Osaka-Umeda: wartime experiences
  • Thirty-seven months in hell
  • Rokuroshi
  • Pathways to hell
  • The end nears
  • The end comes
  • Operation Ramp: the return of allied military personnel
  • Operation magic carpet: home again.