The Butchers, the Baker: The World War II Memoir of a United States Army Air Corps Soldier Captured by the Japanese in the Philippines [LARGE P [Large Print]

by Victor L. Mapes

Book Overview

Twelve hours after Pearl Harbor, Clark Field in the Philippines was attacked by Japanese aircraft. Among the survivors was Private Victor L. Mapes, who spent the next three years fleeing from and then being imprisoned by the Japanese military machine. When the tide of battle in the Pacific turned against the Japanese, Mapes experienced more harrowing conditions than before. After his unmarked prison ship was torpedoed by an American submarine,...

• Format: Paperback
• Large Print: Yes
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786433175
• ISBN13: 9780786433179
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher