mcbrayer james 1918 2006 tom bartlett (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [1st ed., 1st printing] ; viii, 224 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm ; ISBN 9780786400584, 0786400587 ; OCLC 31206158 ; LCCN 94024528 ; LC DS777.5315 .M42 1995 ; Dewey 940.547252092 Contents: Map Showing Escape Route -- Coordinates of Towns on Map -- Leap into the Unknown -- Friendly Locals -- Chinese Hospitality -- Guerrillas -- Reunion -- Sweet Dreams and Sweet Potatoes -- Vignettes -- Marine Embassy Guards -- Radios and Crystal Sets -- Firefight -- Beatings -- Anwhei -- Water Cure -- Guerrilla Hospital -- The Hungtze Hu -- Nationalist Army -- Meigwo at Last -- Epilogue -- Documents -- Military History of Col Jam ; "On May 10, 1945, Lieutenant James D. McBrayer and three other U.S. Marine officers were crowded onto a Japanese train in China, leaving the POW camp at Kiangwan and headed for a ship that would transport them to Japan. Since their imprisonment in December 1941, the four men had continuously plotted their escape, waiting for the opportune moment to put their plan into action. The crowded boxcar provided them with such an opportunity. As darkness descended the four Marines put their plan into action, removing the two rusty bars and strands of barbed wire covering the boxcar's window and jumping out into the Chinese countryside. This is the gripping story of the author's imprisonment in China, his daring escape from the POW train, the dangerous passage through the country with the help of Chinese Communist guerillas, and his return to the United States 61 days after his escape." ; ex-library, stamps ; no dustjacket ; VG. Book.