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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

mapsplatesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Jersey brothers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

971509542

Responsibility statement

by Sally Mott Freeman

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction

Sub title

a missing naval officer in the Pacific and his family's quest to bring him home

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

Table Of Contents

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 versus 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 versus 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

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Missing naval officer in the Pacific and his family's quest to bring him home

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