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U.S.A. 2002 Soft Cover Very Good 8vo-over 7?"-9?" tall. Signed by Author Wraps; 291 pages; Textblock is tight with no internal markings; SIGNED BY AUTHOR with gift inscription
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on front-free endpaper; Pictorial cover with no fading, no tears, no creasing to spine; Has modest shelf & edge wear; . (A work of fiction, but it's based on a true story. In December 1941, while the world focused on the carnage at Pearl Harbor, tiny Wake Island, 2, 300 miles west was also under attack. On it were 1, 200 civilians and a small detachment of Marines. This frightened, under-equipped band of Americans held the mighty Japanese navy at bay for sixteen days before the sweeping invasion. Becoming prisioners of the Emperor, Colin Finnely and the others are crowded aboard a Japanese ship bound for Asia, where many would die and many would suffer in prison camps. Some find reasons to live and survive-with the story centering on Colin Finnely. )
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December, 1941-While the world focuses on the carnage at Pearl Harbor, tiny Wake Island 2,300 miles west is also under attack. On it are 1,200 civilians and a small detachment of Marines. This frightened, under-equipped band of Americans will hold the mighty Japanese navy at bay for sixteen days before succumbing to the sweeping invasion. "Remember Wake" becomes a battle cry for a nation marching to war.Now prisoners of the Emperor, Colin Finnely and the others are crowded aboard a notorious Japanese hell-ship bound for Asia, where they will suffer four long years as slave laborers in disease-infested camps. They will die by the hundreds.
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