{"product_id":"escape-from-davao-the-forgotten-story-of-the-most-daring-prison-break-of-the-pacific-war-paperback","title":"Escape from Davao: The Forgotten Story of the Most Daring Prison Break of the Pacific War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn D. Lukacs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \"riveting\" (John Wukovits, author of \u003ci\u003eAdmiral \"Bull\" Halsey\u003c\/i\u003e) and all-but-unknown account of ten American prisoners of war who escaped from a Japanese prison during World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn April 4, 1943, ten American prisoners of war and two Filipino convicts executed a daring escape from one of Japan's most notorious prison camps. The prisoners were survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March and the Fall of Corregidor, and the prison from which they escaped was surrounded by an impenetrable swamp and reputedly escape-proof. Theirs was the only successful group escape from a Japanese POW camp during the Pacific war. \u003ci\u003eEscape from Davao\u003c\/i\u003e is the \"remarkable\" (Bill Sloan, author of \u003ci\u003eBrotherhood of Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e) story of one of the most extraordinary incidents in the Second World War and of what happened when the Americans returned home to tell the world what they had witnessed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Davao Penal Colony, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, was a prison plantation where thousands of American POWs toiled alongside Filipino criminals and suffered from tropical diseases and malnutrition, as well as the cruelty of their captors. The American servicemen were rotting in a hellhole from which escape was considered impossible, but ten of them, realizing that inaction meant certain death, planned to escape. Their bold plan succeeded with the help of Filipino allies, both patriots and the guerrillas who fought the Japanese sent to recapture them. Their trek to freedom repeatedly put the Americans in jeopardy, yet they eventually succeeded in returning home to the United States to fulfill their self-appointed mission: to tell Americans about Japanese atrocities and to rally the country to the plight of their comrades still in captivity. But the government and the military had a different timetable for the liberation of the Philippines and ordered the men to remain silent. Their testimony, when it finally emerged, galvanized the nation behind the Pacific war effort and made the men celebrities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over the decades this remarkable story, called the \"greatest story of the war in the Pacific\" by the War Department in 1944, has faded away. Because of wartime censorship, the full story has never been told until now. John D. Lukacs spent years researching this heroic event, interviewing survivors, reading their letters, searching archival documents, and traveling to the decaying prison camp and its surroundings. His dramatic, gripping account of the escape brings this remarkable tale back to life, where a new generation can admire the resourcefulness and patriotism of the men who fought the Pacific war.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn D. Lukacs is a writer and historian whose byline has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e, and ESPN. \u003ci\u003eEscape From Davao\u003c\/i\u003e is his first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 8 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52910395654368,"sku":"9781668021330","price":22.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/FPMYjkTeJr9781668021330.webp?v=1781482821","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/escape-from-davao-the-forgotten-story-of-the-most-daring-prison-break-of-the-pacific-war-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}