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The Jersey brothers : a missing naval officer in the Pacific and his family's quest to bring him home Cover Image Book Book

The Jersey brothers : a missing naval officer in the Pacific and his family's quest to bring him home / Sally Mott Freeman.

Freeman, Sally Mott, (author.).

Summary:

Documents the extraordinary story of three brothers in World War II, describing the rescue mission launched by the elder two when their youngest brother was declared missing in action in the Philippines.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501104145 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1501104144 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9781501104169 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 1501104160 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xiv, 588 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
April 1942, Luzon, the Philippines -- Benny -- Helen -- Bill -- Cabanatuan, Spring 1942 -- White House Map Room, April 1942 -- "This force is bound for Tokyo" -- Barton, 1930-1941 -- The perils of escape-and a little baseball -- A brother's burden: the search -- Midway -- Under siege: JN-25 -- To Davao: en avant! -- And then there was one: USS Enterprise vs. Japan -- The other war: Army-Navy football -- Happy days at the penal colony -- Winter's grief -- Escape: crime and punishment -- Farewell to the White House -- A tale of atrocities -- August 1943: Allied War Summit, Quebec, Canada -- Revenge on the innocent and a covert plan -- Secrets inside the oxygen tent -- Hero of Bataan vs. the War Department -- Bad tidings -- Politics in Brisbane -- "Proceed to Kwajalein" -- The best-laid plans -- Initiation at Saipan -- Decampment -- September 1944, Lilac Hedges -- Hopes dashed -- Setbacks -- Through a prism: MacArthur's return -- What Benny knew -- The Oryoko Maru -- End game in the Pacific -- A sailor's nightmare -- In the end, a question of casualties -- and sea power -- No peace at Lilac Hedges -- Final hours -- Epilogue -- Afterword.

Search for related items by subject

Subject: Cross, Barton, 1918-1945.
Cross family.
Cross, Helen, 1883-2009.
Mott, William C., 1911-1997.
United States. Navy > Officers > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Philippines.
Prisoners of war > Philippines > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisons and prisoners, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > Philippines.
World War, 1939-1945 > Washington (D.C.)

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.

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Erlanger Branch 940.5472 F855j 2017 (Text) 33126022338986 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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