398 pages
English language
Published March 19, 2003 by Little, Brown.
3 stars
(1 review)
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
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Japan -- Chichi Island.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Chichi Island.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Biography.
- Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography.
- Prisoners of war -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Chichi Island -- History -- 20th century.
- War crime trials -- Guam.
- Chichi Island (Japan) -- History, Military -- 20th century.