Last Man Out: Glenn McDole, USMC, Survivor of the Palawan Massacre in World War II [LARGE PRINT]

by Bob Wilbanks

Overview

On December 14, 1944, Japanese soldiers massacred 139 of 150 American POWs. This biography tells the story of Glenn ("Mac") McDole, one of eleven young men who escaped and the last man out of Palawan Prison Camp 10A.

Beginning on December 8, 1941, the story of this young Iowa Marine continues through the fighting on Corregidor, the capture and imprisonment by the Japanese in May 1942, Mac's entry into the Palawan prison camp in the Philippines in August, 1942, the conditions he and his comrades endured in the camps, and the terrible day when 139 young soldiers were slaughtered.

This entry refers to the LARGE PRINT edition. For the standard edition please see ISBN 978-0-7864-1822-0.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786443697
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	07/15/2009
Edition description:	Large Print
Pages:	179
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Retired journalist and reporter Bob Wilbanks was vice president/editorial at Stover Publishing Company for ten years. He lives in Urbandale, Iowa.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Prologue     

1. Pearl Harbor     
2. Surrender     
3. On the Move     
4. Palawan Island     
5. Guerrilla Contact     
6. An Unforeseen Threat     
7. A Change of Command     
8. Goodbye to Old Friends     
9. Air Raid Shelters     
10. The False Air Raid     
11. The Swim     
12. Freedom     
13. Back Home     
14. The Men     
15. The Places     

Epilogue     
Sources     
Index     

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