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From Wake Island to Berlin

From Wake Island to Berlin

From Wake Island to Berlin

Harry Spiller

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Editorial:
Turner Publishing Company
Año de edición:
1997
Materia
Historia
ISBN:
9781563113314
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Stories and pictures from ex WWII POWs. (From Introduction) The stories in this book are real, they are compelling, and they give a true picture of POW life from soldiers who walked in those shoes as American prisoners of war in WWII.

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