An edition of The butchers, the baker (2000)
The butchers, the baker
the World War II memoir of a United States Army Air Corps soldier captured by the Japanese in the Philippines
By Victor L. Mapes
Publish Date
2008
Publisher
McFarland
Language
eng
Pages
286
Description:
"Twelve hours after Pearl Harbor, Clark Field in the Philippines was attacked by Japanese aircraft. Among the survivors was Private Victor L. Mapes. Mapes' memoir chronicles a gruelling three-year ordeal that was punctuated by strange and often amusing encounters with fellow Americans, Japanese, Filipinos, and the fierce Moros of Mindanao Island"--Provided by publisher.
subjects: Prisoners of war, Prisoners and prisons, Japanese, Personal narratives, American, American Personal narratives, World War, 1939-1945, Philippines, Biography, Japanese Prisoners and prisons, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, american, Mapes, Victor L., 1917-, World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese, World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American, Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography, Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- Biography
People: Victor L. Mapes (1917-)
Places: Philippines, United States