No ordinary Joes
Subtitle: the extraordinary true story of four submariners in war and love and life
By: Larry Colton
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9780609610435
Subjects: Prisoners of war; Submarine; World War, 1939-1945; Submariners; Naval operations; Grenadier (Submarine); Biography; Japanese Prisoners and prisons
Description: Documents the stories of four World War II prisoners of war who were tortured by their Japanese captors, describing the events that led to their imprisonment, the brutal conditions that forged their deep bond, and their considerable struggles to re-acclimate to civilian life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Surviving the Depression; title: Submariners; title: Assignment: Grenadier; title: Captured; title: The convent on Light Street; title: From bad to worse; title: Saved by the bombs; title: Going home; title: Sixty years later; title: Epilogue.