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<p><br>on April 4, 1943, Ten American Prisoners Of War And Two Filipino Convicts Executed A Daring Escape <p>from One Of Japan&#8217;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. Escape From Davao Is The Story Of One Of The Most Remarkable Incidents In The Second World War And Of What Happened When The Americans Returned Home To Tell The World What They Had Witnessed. <p>davao Penal Colony, On The Southern Philippine Island Of Mindanao, Was A Prison Plantation Where <p>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 Japane

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Author

Lukacs, John D.

Publisher

Simon & Schuster, Incorporated

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780743262781

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, Biography

Rating

4.22 / 5 (626 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14