Wake Island pilot : a World War II memoir / John F. Kinney with James M. McCaffrey.
Wake Island pilot : a World War II memoir / John F. Kinney with James M. McCaffrey.
Wake Island pilot : a World War II memoir / John F. Kinney with James M. McCaffrey.
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Publisher
Washington : Brassey's, c1995.
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N940.544973/23
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 200 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Washington : Brassey's, c1995.
Place of Publication
District of Columbia
Date Published
c1995.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
After the island's inevitable surrender, Kinney was a Japanese prisoner in China for the next three and a half years. During this time, he put his amazingly inventive mechanical skills to work, creating from scratch numerous items to improve his fellow POWs' situation, including a radio. Toward the end of the war, Kinney escaped from a prison train...
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Wake Island pilot : a World War II memoir / John F. Kinney with James M. McCaffrey.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-194) and index.
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Date Copyright
c1995.
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N940.544973/23
Record Identifier
74VMBaKlNk0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMBaKlNk0X
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ISBN
1574880357
9781574880359
DDC
940.544973092
940.54497392
MMS ID
991002390069702626
