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Author Colton, Larry.

Title No ordinary Joes [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] the extraordinary true story of four submariners in war and love and life / Larry Colton.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Crown Publishers, [2010]
©2010
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Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1484638~S1
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Description 1 online resource (403 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Surviving the Depression -- Submariners -- Assignment: Grenadier -- Captured -- The convent on Light Street -- From bad to worse -- Saved by the bombs -- Going home -- Sixty years later -- Epilogue.
Summary Documents the stories of four World War II prisoners of war who were tortured by their Japanese captors, describing the events that led to their imprisonment, the brutal conditions that forged their deep bond, and their considerable struggles to re-acclimate to civilian life.
Subject Grenadier (Submarine)
Submariners -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography.
Palmer, Bob, 1919-2000.
Cox, Gordy.
McCoy, Tim, 1924-
Vervalin, Chuck.
Genre Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Colton, Larry. No ordinary Joes. 1st ed. New York : Crown Publishers, c2010 9780609610435 (DLC) 2010013572 (OCoLC)462880539
ISBN 9780307717245 (electronic bk.)
0307717240 (electronic bk.)
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