Counting the Days: Pows, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific

by Craig B. Smith

Book Overview

Counting the Days is the story of six prisoners of war imprisoned by both sides during the conflict the Japanese called the "Pacific War." As in all wars, the prisoners were civilians as well as military personnel. Two of the prisoners were captured on the second day of the war and spent the entire war in prison camps: Garth Dunn, a young Marine captured on Guam who faced a death rate in a Japanese prison 10 times that in battle; and Ensign...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588346234
• ISBN13: 9781588346230
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Smithsonian Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"