Belly of the beast : a POW's inspiring true story of faith, courage, and survival aboard the infamous WWII Japanese hell ship Oryoku Maru / Judith L. Pearson.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : New American Library, c2001.Description: xiii, 272 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 20 cmISBN:- 0451204441 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780451204448 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- POW's inspiring true story of faith, courage, and survival aboard the infamous WWII Japanese hell ship Oryoku Maru
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 940.5472 P361 | Available | 33111004310708 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Describes the brutal ordeal of U.S. Naval Corpsman Estel Myers as a POW aboard the infamous Japanese prison ship Oryoku Maru during World War II, detailing the suffocation, malnutrition, torture, disease, and other hardships that claimed the lives of more than three quarters of the prisoners. Origin
Includes index.