Escape From Davao: The Forgotten Story of the Most Daring Prison Break of the Pacific War

by John D. Lukacs

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One of the greatest Pacific war stories never told.

On April 4, 1943, ten American prisoners of war and two Filipino convicts--nicknamed the "Davao Dozen"--executed a daring escape from one of Japan's most notorious prison camps. Called the greatest story of the war in the Pacific by the War Department in 1944, the full account has never been told--until now. A product of years of in-depth research, John D. Lukacs's gripping description...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0451234103

ISBN13:9780451234100

Release Date:May 2011

Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group

Length:464 Pages

Weight:1.02 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Americas Asia History Military Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Prisoners of War Southeast Asia World War II

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