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020 _a978-0-451-23410-0
040 _aMMSU
_cULS
050 _aD 805 P6 L84 2010 AC
100 _aLukacs, John D.
_924030
245 _aEscape from Davao :
_bthe forgotten story of the most daring prison break of the Pacific war /
_cJohn D. Lukacs
260 _aNew York
_bNAL Caliber
_cc2010.
300 _aviii, 433 pages :
_billustration ;
_c23 cm.
500 _a Bibliography : p. 405-413 Includes index.
520 _aDocuments the escape of ten American prisoners of war from a World War II Japanese prison camp in the Philippines, describing the inhumane conditions they endured and the political struggle that influenced their return home.
650 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xPrisoners and prisons, Japanese.
_924031
650 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_zPhilippines
_zDavao City.
_924032
650 _aPrisoner-of-war escapes
_zPhilippines
_zDavao City
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_924033
650 _aEscaped prisoners of war
_zUnited States
_xBiography.
_y.
_924034
650 _aEscaped prisoners of war
_xPhilippines
_yDavao City
_zBiography.
_924035
650 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xUnderground movements
_yPhilippines.
_924036
650 _aGuerrillas
_zPhilippines
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_924037
650 _aSoldiers
_zUnited States
_xBiography.
_924038
650 _aDavao City (Philippines)
_xHistory, Military
_y20th century.
_924039
650 _aPhilippines
_xHistory
_yJapanese occupation, 1942-1945.
_924040
942 _2lcc
_cBK
999 _c5407
_d5407