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Hampton, Dan.
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Harris, William Frederick, 1918-1950?
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 4th -- Biography.
Ofuna Naval Interrogation Center (Japan)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography.
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Hampton, Dan.
Harris, William Frederick, 1918-1950?
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 4th -- Biography.
Ofuna Naval Interrogation Center (Japan)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography.
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Valor : the astonishing World War II saga of one man's defiance and indomitable spirit / Dan Hampton.
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Hampton, Dan.
St. Martin's Press, 2022.
Call #:
940
.547252
H232v
Subjects
Harris, William Frederick, 1918-1950?
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 4th -- Biography.
Ofuna Naval Interrogation Center (Japan)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781250799456
9781250275851 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Astonishing World War II saga of one man's defiance and indomitable spirit
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
337 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-337).
Summary:
"Valor is the magnificent story of a genuine American hero who survived the fall of the Philippines and brutal captivity under the Japanese, from New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton. Lieutenant William Frederick "Bill" Harris was 25 years old when captured by Japanese forces during the Battle of Corregidor in May 1942. This son of a decorated Marine general escaped from hell on earth by swimming eight hours through a shark-infested bay; but his harrowing ordeal had just begun. Shipwrecked on the southern coast of the Philippines, he was sheltered by a Filipino aristocrat, engaged in guerilla fighting, and eventually set off through hostile waters to China. After 29 days of misadventures and violent storms, Harris and his crew limped into a friendly fishing village in the southern Philippines. Evading and fighting for months, he embarked on another agonizing voyage to Australia, but was betrayed by treacherous islanders and handed over to the Japanese. Held for two years in the notorious Ofuna prisoner-of-war camp outside Yokohama, Harris was continuously starved, tortured, and beaten, but he never surrendered. Teaching himself Japanese, he eavesdropped on the guards and created secret codes to communicate with fellow prisoners. After liberation on August 30, 1945, Bill represented American Marine POWs during the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay before joining his father and flying to a home he had not seen in four years. [The book] is a riveting new look at the Pacific War. Through military documents, personal photos, and an unpublished memoir provided by his daughter, Harris' experiences are dramatically revealed through his own words in the expert hands of bestselling author and retired fighter pilot Dan Hampton. This is the stunning and captivating true story of an American hero".--From publisher.
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