No ordinary Joes, the extraordinary true story of four submariners in war and love and life, Larry Colton
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No ordinary Joes, the extraordinary true story of four submariners in war and love and life, Larry Colton
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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non fiction
Main title
No ordinary Joes
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bibliography
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462880539
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Larry Colton
Sub title
the extraordinary true story of four submariners in war and love and life
Summary
Documents the stories of four World War II prisoners of war who were tortured by their Japanese captors, describing the events that led to their imprisonment, the brutal conditions that forged their deep bond, and their considerable struggles to re-acclimate to civilian life
Table Of Contents
Surviving the Depression -- Submariners -- Assignment: Grenadier -- Captured -- The convent on Light Street -- From bad to worse -- Saved by the bombs -- Going home -- Sixty years later -- Epilogue
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- McCoy, Tim, 1924-
- World War, 1939-1945 + Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
- World War, 1939-1945 + Naval operations + Submarine
- Cox, Gordy
- Grenadier (Submarine)
- Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography
- Submariners -- United States -- Biography
- Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography
- Palmer, Bob, 1919-2000
- Vervalin, Chuck
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- McCoy, Tim, 1924-
- World War, 1939-1945 + Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
- World War, 1939-1945 + Naval operations + Submarine
- Cox, Gordy
- Grenadier (Submarine)
- Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography
- Submariners -- United States -- Biography
- Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography
- Palmer, Bob, 1919-2000
- Vervalin, Chuck
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