Escape From Davao The Forgotten Story of the Most Daring Prison Break of the Pacific War
by Lukacs, John D.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-05-03
Publisher(s): Dutton Caliber
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Summary
One of the greatest Pacific war stories never told. On April 4, 1943, ten American prisoners of war and two Filipino convicts executed a daring escape from one of Japan's most notorious prison camps. Called the "greatest story of the war in the Pacific" by the War Department in 1944, the full account has never been told until now. A product of years of in-depth research, John D. Lukacs's gripping description of the escape brings this remarkable tale to life, so a new generation can admire the resourcefulness and patriotism of the men who fought in the Pacific.
Author Biography
John D. Lukacs is a writer and historian whose byline has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, and on ESPN.com.
Table of Contents
| Author's Note | p. xiii |
| Prologue | p. 1 |
| War | |
| Ten Pesos | p. 7 |
| A Long War | p. 22 |
| The Raid | p. 30 |
| God Help Them | p. 46 |
| Hell | |
| The Hike | p. 61 |
| Goodbye and Good Luck | p. 74 |
| A Rumor | p. 93 |
| The Erie Maru | p. 110 |
| A Christmas Dream | p. 119 |
| A Big Crowd | p. 143 |
| The Plan | p. 158 |
| Cat-and-Mouse | p. 168 |
| Freedom | |
| A Miracle | p. 185 |
| Another Gamble | p. 208 |
| Unexplored | p. 229 |
| Little Time to Rest | p. 246 |
| A Story That Should Be Told | p. 263 |
| Duty | p. 277 |
| Greater Love Hath No Man | p. 291 |
| Legacies | p. 308 |
| Conditional Victory | p. 319 |
| Epilogue | p. 337 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 355 |
| Notes | p. 363 |
| Bibliography | p. 405 |
| Index | p. 415 |
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