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James Gee

Prisoner of the Samurai

Surviving the Sinking of the USS Houston and the Death Railway

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James Gee was fresh out of college at the University of Texas and making plans for his future when World War II interrupted these happy pursuits. He and his friends joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1940 and after training he was posted to the U.S.S. Houston. At first, assignments in Hawaii, Guam and the Philippines¿whilst instructing him in the rough and tumble of crew life¿were free of encounters with the enemy. But then in 1942 the Houston was first attacked during the battle of the Flores Sea and subsequently sunk by the Japanese fleet during the battle of the Java Sea. Witnessing the last moments of the great ship, Gee survived a prolonged… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: H. Smith, Rosalie / Smith, Allyson (Hrsg.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-61200-597-3
  • EAN: 9781612005973
  • Produktnummer: 24349018
  • Verlag: Casemate Publishers
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
  • Seitenangabe: 196 S.
  • Masse: H23.2 cm x B16.5 cm x D1.9 cm 470 g
  • Abbildungen: 16 pages of b/w photos
  • Gewicht: 470
  • Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

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