Sorties into hell : the hidden war on Chichi Jima / Chester Hearn

Englisch

Westport, Conn : Praeger, 2003

Online-Ressource (xvi, 226 p) : ill., 1 map

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-217) and index

Print version: Sorties into Hell : The Hidden War on Chichi Jima

0-275-98081-2 alk. paper

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Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Prelude to Iwo Jima; 2. War Comes to Chichi Jima; 3. The Question; 4. Return of the Natives; 5. The Entrapment of Major Horie; 6. The Search Begins; 7. The Flesh Eaters; 8. The Execution of Floyd Ewing Hall; 9. The Flyers from the Bunker Hill; 10. Semper Fi; 11. The Search for the Unknowns; 12. The Criminals of Chichi Jima; 13. Decision at Guam; Epilogue; Appendix A: Pilots Shot Down over Chichi Jima; Appendix B: Key Japanese Officers and Enlisted Men Recommended for Trial; Notes; Bibliography; Index

*World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Chichi Island ; Chichi Island (Japan) -- History -- 20th century ; World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Japan -- Chichi Island ; Prisoners of war -- United States -- History -- 20th century ; Prisoners of war -- Japan -- History -- 20th century ; World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese

*Chichi Island (Japan) ; History ; 20th century ; Prisoners of war ; Japan ; History ; 20th century ; Prisoners of war ; United States ; History ; 20th century ; World War, 1939-1945 ; Atrocities ; Japan ; Chichi Island ; World War, 1939-1945 ; Japan ; Chichi Island ; World War, 1939-1945 ; Prisoners and prisons, Japanese ; Electronic books

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: D804.J3

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 940.54/05/09528;

In October 1946, Colonel Presley Rixey arrived by destroyer at Chichi Jima to repatriate 22,000 Japanese who had been bypassed during the war in the Pacific. While waiting for a Marine battalion to arrive, the colonel met daily with a Japanese commission assigned to assist him. When asked what had happened to American prisoners on the island, the Japanese hatched a story to hide the atrocities that they had committed. In truth, the downed flyers had been captured, executed, and eaten by certain senior Japanese officers. This is the story of the investigation, the cover-up, and the last hours o

 

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