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Title: Castaway’s War: One Man’s Battle Against Imperial Japan
Author: Stephen Harding
ISBN: 9780306823404
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2016
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 320
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
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Shipwrecked on a South Pacific island, a young US Navy lieutenant waged a one-man war against the JapaneseIn the early hours of July 5, 1943, the destroyer USS Strong was hit by a Japanese torpedo. The powerful weapon broke the destroyer’s back, killed dozens of sailors, and sparked raging fires. While accompanying ships were able to take off most of Strong’s surviving crewmembers, scores went into the ocean as the once-proud warship sank beneath the waves–and a young officer’s harrowing story of survival Hugh Barr Miller, a pre-war football star at the University of Alabama, went into the water as the vessel sank. Severely injured, Miller and several others survived three days at sea and eventually landed on a Japanese-occupied island. The survivors found fresh water and a few coconuts, but Miller, suffering from internal injuries and believing he was on the verge of death, ordered the others to go on without him. They reluctantly did do, believing, as Miller did, that he would be dead within Miller didn’t die, and his health improved enough for him to begin searching for food. He also found the enemy–Japanese forces patrolling the island. Miller was determined to survive, and so launched a one-man war against the island’s on official American and Japanese histories, personal memoirs, and the author’s exclusive interviews with many of the story’s key participants, The Castaway’s War is a rousing story of naval combat, bravery, and determination.
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