Flyboys

Description:

This acclaimed bestseller brilliantly illuminates a hidden piece of World War II history as it tells the harrowing true story of nine American airmen shot down in the Pacific. One of them, George H. W. Bush, was miraculously rescued. What happened to the other eight remained a secret for almost 60 years. After the war, the American and Japanese governments conspired to cover up the shocking truth, and not even the families of the airmen were informed of what happened to their sons. Their fate remained a mystery--until now.

subjects: Prisoners of war,  Military Air pilots,  Military History,  War crime trials,  Antiquarian,  Japanese Prisoners and prisons,  Nonfiction,  World War, 1939-1945,  Biography & Autobiography,  History,  Atrocities,  Biography,  World war, 1939-1945, atrocities,  World war, 1939-1945, japan,  World war, 1939-1945, prisoners and prisons, japanese,  Air pilots, biography,  Large type books,  New York Times reviewed