Robinson Crusoe, USN: The Adventures of George R. Tweed, RmIc on Jap-Held Guam
by CLARK, Blake
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
To be sure, the travails of George Tweed contribute to a remarkable story of survival: He was a World War II Navy radioman who eluded Japanese forces on the Pacific island of Guam for more than two years. When Japanese forces overran Guam in 1941, Tweed and several others slipped into the jungle rather than surrender. After the others were captured and killed, Tweed managed to elude Japanese soldiers for 30 months, providing information to American forces when the island was recaptured in 1944.
Awarded the Legion of Merit , in 1989 Tweed died in a car accident in Northern California. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7938
- Title
- Robinson Crusoe, USN: The Adventures of George R. Tweed, RmIc on Jap-Held Guam
- Author
- CLARK, Blake
- Illustrator
- Graham Bernbach
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Whittlesey House McGraw Hill
- Place of Publication
- New York / London
- Date Published
- 1945
- Bookseller catalogs
- South Seas;
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