As Good As Dead: The Daring Escape of American POWs From a

As Good As Dead: The Daring Escape of American POWs From a Japanese Death Camp

â€œ[A] truly uplifting tale of deliverance from certain deathâ€¦ a deeply personal read, in which the reader is drawn into the highs and lows of the action, the tragedy and the salvation, because Moore has so successfully drawn out the charactersâ€¦. Compelling reading and hard to put down.â€â€”Naval History

The heroic story of eleven American POWs who defied certain death in World War IIâ€”As Good as Dead is an unforgettable account of the Palawan Massacre survivors and their daring escape.Â Â

In late 1944, the Allies invaded the Japanese-held Philippines, and soon the end of the Pacific War was within reach. But for the last 150 American prisoners of war still held on the island of Palawan, there would be no salvation. After years of slave labor, starvation, disease, and torture, their worst fears were about to be realized. On December 14, with machine guns trained on them, they were herded underground into shallow air raid sheltersâ€”death pits dug with their own hands.Â

Japanese soldiers doused the shelters with gasoline and set them on fire. Some thirty prisoners managed to bolt from the fiery carnage, running a lethal gauntlet of machine gun fire and bayonets to jump from the cliffs to the rocky Palawan coast. By the next morning, only eleven men were left aliveâ€”but their desperate journey to freedom had just begun.Â

As Good as Dead is one of the greatest escape stories of World War II, and one that few Americans know. The eleven survivors of the Palawan Massacreâ€”some badly wounded and burnedâ€”spent weeks evading Japanese patrols. They scrounged for food and water, swam shark-infested bays, and wandered through treacherous jungle terrain, hoping to find friendly Filipino guerrillas. Their endurance, determination, and courage in the face of death make this a gripping and inspiring saga of survival.
Country USA
Brand NAL
Manufacturer Dutton Caliber
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780399583551
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2016-11-22
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780399583551

Country	USA
Brand	NAL
Manufacturer	Dutton Caliber
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780399583551
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2016-11-22
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780399583551

As Good As Dead: The Daring Escape of American POWs From a Japanese Death Camp

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