Captured Honor: POW Survival in the Philippines and Japan by Bob Wodnik - 2003-06

Washington State University Press, 2003. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

WSU Press, Pullman, Washington.. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 2003. First Edition. Paperback. 0874222605 . The author presents the stories of several Pacific Northwest Prisoner's of War in World War II. Photographs. 177 pages, index. 6 in. X 9 in. Paperback. Book is in Fine condition. ; 6 in. x 9 in. .

Washington State Univ Pr, 2003. Paperback. New. 177 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. The time is November 1945, not long after Jack Elkins has returned from a prison camp in Japan to his hometown of Oakesdale, Washington. An autumn evening finds him before a gathering of townspeople clamoring to hear about his experiences. Jack is in turmoil. What they really want, he senses, is nice, neat stories of heroes who beat the odds. They want "blood without spatters" and death with dignity. What can he tell them? Burned forever in his mind are images of Japanese blood staining blue Manila Bay; of maggots assaulting the corpse of a buddy; of prisoner after prisoner relegated to small wooden boxes holding their cremated remains. Jack is unable to talk about what happened during his three years in Japanese prison camps. "There is no middle ground," in his estimation. "You either tell them all or tell them nothing." Standing up to the microphone, he whispers barely ten words to the audience, then sits down--and tries for the next… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Washington State University Press, 2003-05-31. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!