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In 1946 Clanton, Mississippi, World War II hero Pete Banning calmly and inexplicably kills his pastor and friend, the Reverend Dexter Bell, and refuses to defend his actions during the subsequent trial.
Pete Banning was Clanton's favorite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October morning in 1946. he rose early, drove into town, walked...
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Men at war volume 4
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Pub. Date
2000.
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English
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The Philippines, 1943. The remnants of the American forces--those who escaped the Japanese--have fled into the mountains. But their war has only just begun. Led by the fiery, unorthodox Lieutenant Colonel Wendell Fertig, a ragtag army of troops and Philippine soldiers must stand against the might of the Imperial Japanese Army. But their supplies are low, the situation is desperate, and time is running out. Now, a cadre of OSS agents is their only...
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2022.
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English
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"Werner Herzog, one of the most revered filmmakers of all time, in his first book in many years, tells the story of Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier who continued to defend a small island in the Philippines for twenty-nine years after the end of World War Two. In 1997, Werner Herzog was in Tokyo to direct an opera. His hosts there asked, whom would you like to meet? He replied instantly: Hiroo Onoda. Onoda was a former solider famous for having quixotically...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Inspired by the extraordinary true stories of World War II's American Army nurses famously known as the Angels of Bataan and the unsung contributions of Filipinas of the resistance, this novel transports us to a remarkable era of hope, bravery, perseverance, and ultimately--victory. The Philippines, 1941: when the Japanese Imperial Army invades, American Army nurse Tess Abbott and her band of nurses serve on the front lines until they are captured...
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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A fifteen-year-old soldier in World War II meets a sweet young girl in the Philippines who helps him remember what he is fighting for as he helps her and others of her village avoid starvation, and many years later she returns his kindness.
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Inspired by a true story, three best friends from Mobile, Alabama are captured in the Philippines during WWII--they vow to return home together. They struggle to survive against impossible odds in an ordeal that becomes known as the Bataan Death March"--
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
In the high desert badlands of New Mexico, the Strickland family struggles to hold on to their way of life in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, while, thousands of miles away, Jack Strickland is imprisoned by the Japanese and battles to survive.
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Henry Forrest lies about his age and enlists in the Marines to escape from his abusive father, but when he is immediately sent to the Philippines he finds himself in the middle of the Japanese invasion--and as he grows up he will have to endure the Bataan Death March, overcrowded prisons, and the Japanese factory in Tokyo where he is eventually sent as slave labor.
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Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Zenji Watanabe, seventeen, is sent from Hawaii to the Philippines to spy on the Japanese during World War II and, after he is captured and tortured, must find a way to survive months of being lost in the jungle behind enemy lines.
11) Broken jewel
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Presents a tale of war, love, and survival set against the backdrop of the U.S. 11th Airborne's raid on the Japanese-run Los Ba~nos prison in the Philippines--one of the most daring episodes of World War II.
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Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
The true story of the lives of three U.S. Army nurses who leave San Francisco for their tour of duty in Hawaii in December 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor changes their destination, and their lives. Led by Lt. Janet Davidson, the nurses are sent to Bataan, in the Philippines. Faced with untested nurses, the group quickly become battle-weary veterans. When Bataan falls, the American forces flee to the offshore island of Corregidor, where they find...
