Urwin, Gregory J. W.,  1955- <br/><br/>
Victory in defeat  the Wake Island defenders in captivity, 1941-1945 /  [electronic resource] : 
Gregory J.W. Urwin. 
 - Annapolis, Md. :  Naval Institute Press,  2010. 
 - xiv, 478 p. :  ill., maps. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>"Issue in doubt" : the siege of Wake Island -- "The emperor has ... presented you with your lives" : the shock of capture -- "Very odd people indeed" : the first twenty-four hours in captivity -- "The Japanese continue to treat us with respect" : a deceptively gentle transition to POW life -- "A real hell ship" : from Wake Island to Yokohama on the Nitta Maru -- "Never had I felt so desolate or so weary" : from murder at sea to despair on land -- "The most painful days we spent in prison camp" : hitting bottom at Woosung -- "The Japanese Army ... will improve your conditions" : turning the corner at Woosung -- "Without Red Cross help ... we would never have pulled through" : the impact of outside aid -- "I thought they handled themselves reasonably well" : Japanese-POW relations at Woosung -- "You God damn Americans don't understand anything" : strains, outrages, and departures -- "This camp is the best one that the Japs have" : a new commandant and a new camp -- A hellacious damn deal till we finished" : pushed to the edge on Mount Fuji -- "Optimism ... is running high" : hope revives at Kiangwan -- "The pleasure of raising our flag over the enemy's homeland" : to Japan and liberation -- "98 US PW, 5-10-43" : the Wake Island diaspora, 1942-1945 -- "We had a bond there that's still going" : why so many came home. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Wake Island, Battle of, Wake Island, 1941.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Japan.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--China--Shanghai.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Wake Island.<br/>Prisoners of war--United States--Biography.<br/>Prisoners of war--Wake Island--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Wake Island--History, Military--20th century.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D767.99.W3  / U79 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940.54/7252092273