One of the most cogent accounts of the fall of Guam and the ensuing four years of brutality in Japanese prison camps ever published. Includes thorough research of military and national policy as well as Japanese reports and other primary source materials.
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One of the most cogent accounts of the fall of Guam and the ensuing four years of brutality in Japanese prison camps ever published. Includes thorough research of military and national policy as well as Japanese reports and other primary source materials.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Very nice copy; Giles was captured on Guam in December 1941 and remained in Japanese POW camps until the end of the war.
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Collectible-Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book Octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine red and white pictorial dj. 232 pp. plus notes on author. First printing. based on a memoir written by Giles and discoverd after his death by his son, Donald T. Giles, Jr. --the fall of Guam and the ensuing four years of brutality at the hands of the Japanese. Giles and his fellow prisoners lived under the most desperate of circumstances and struggled merely to survive. Includes index, bibliography, glossary, photographs, and endnotes.
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Very good, very good. 24 cm, 232, acid-free paper, references, index, publisher's ephemera laid in, pencil erasure on front endpaper. The memoir was found by the author's son after Giles' death. The author, vice-governor of Guam and executive officer of its naval station, was captured in December 1941 and spent the war in POW camps on Guam and Japan. Includes information on the treatment of POW's by the Japanese, and on medical conditions.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Inscribed by the Author 232pp/illus/maps. Inscribed by author. Rear Admiral Giles was vice-governor of Guam and executive officer of its naval station, was captured in December 1941 and spent the war in POW camps on Guam and Japan. Includes information on the treatment of POW's by the Japanese, and on medical conditions. Clean.