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Colton, Larry.
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Palmer, Bob, 1919-2000.
Cox, Gordy.
McCoy, Tim, 1924-
Vervalin, Chuck.
Grenadier (Submarine)
Submariners -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography.
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Colton, Larry.
Palmer, Bob, 1919-2000.
Cox, Gordy.
McCoy, Tim, 1924-
Vervalin, Chuck.
Grenadier (Submarine)
Submariners -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography.
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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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Colton, Larry.
Crown Publishers, c2010.
Call #:
940
.5451
C725n
Subjects
Palmer, Bob, 1919-2000.
Cox, Gordy.
McCoy, Tim, 1924-
Vervalin, Chuck.
Grenadier (Submarine)
Submariners -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780609610435
0609610430
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
403 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes an index.
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.
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.
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