POWS

Enlisted History Resource Guide
Compiled by SNCOA Library Staff
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Books:


Ackley, Douglas. Twenty-Seven and a Half Missions in the Fifteenth Air Force. New York, Vantage Press, c1997. 62p.
Book call no.: 940.544973 A182t YELLOW RESERVE

Armstrong, Roger W.  U.S.A., The Hard Way: An Autobiography of a B-17 Crew Member. Orange County, CA, Quail House Pub., Co., c1991. 229p.
Book call no.: 940.548173 A737u c.2-3 YELLOW RESERVE

Bird, Tom American POWS of World War Two Forgotten Men Tell Their Stories. Westport, CT, Praeger. ,1992. 149p.
Book call no.: 940.5472 B618a YELLOW RESERVE

Boyd, John and Gary Garth Tenko: the Amazing Story of Sgt. John Boyds' Survival as a POW in a Notorious Japanese Prison Camp. Paducah, KY, Turner Pub. Co.,1996. 168p.
Book call no.: 940.547259 B789t YELLOW RESERVE

Kelly, Arthur L. Col. Battlefire! Combat Stories from World War II. Lexington, KY, The University Press of Kentucky. 1997. 226p.
Most of the stories are of enlisted personnel from all services. Chapter five is about an aerial gunner who is shot down and spends the rest of the war as a POW.
Book call no.: 940.542 K29b YELLOW RESERVE

La Forte, Robert S.and Ronald E. Marcello and Richard L. Himmel: Editors With Only the Will to Live Accounts of Americans in Japanese Prison Camps 1941-1945. Wilmington, KY.Scholarly Resources Ind., s.n. 1994. 286p.
Book call no.: 940.547252 W822 YELLOW RESERVE

Lech, Raymond B. Broken Soldiers. Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Press, 2000. 330p.
Book call no.: 951.90427 L458b YELLOW RESERVE

Moriarty, E.T. One Day into Twenty Three. United States, s.n. 1987. 164p.
Book call no.: 940.542142 M854o YELLOW RESERVE

Nordin, Carl S. We Were Next to Nothing: An American POW's Account of Japanese Prison Camps and Deliverance in World War II. Jefferson, NC, McFarland Publishers, 1997. 257p.
Book call no.: 940.542752 N832w YELLOW RESERVE

Rochester, Stuart I. and Fredrick Kiley. Honor Bound The History of American Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia, 1961-1973. Washington, D.C., Historical Office Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1998. 704p.
Book call no.: 959.70437 R676h YELLOW RESERVE

Spiller, Harry. Editor American POWs in Korea Sixteen Personal Accounts . Jefferson, NC, McFarland Publishers, 1998. 179p.
Most of these accounts are by enlisted army personnel.
Book call no.: 951.90427 A512 YELLOW RESERVE

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Periodicals:


Anderson, 1LT Thomas. Avoiding the Worst Possible Outcome. Infantry 94:42-45 January-February 2005.

Baker, Peter. Freedom for 7 American POWs. Washington Post April 14, 2003.

Callander, Bruce D. The Search Goes On. Air Force Magazine 88:67-71 June 2005.

Cleveland, Jenny. The Bloody Hell of Bataan. Sergeants 34:26-28 June 1995.

Gruner, Elliott. The Cult of Captivity. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 122:32-33 August 1996.

Kennedy, Kelly. Life After Captivity. Air Force Times 71:22 November 29, 2010.

Powell, Stewart M. Honor Bound. Air Force Magazine. 82:92-100 August 1999.

Simpson, Chester. Portraits of POWS. Soldiers 49:24-25 September 1994.

Stockdale, James B. Experiences as a POW in Vietnam. Naval War College Review 51:82-86 Winter 1998.

Weisel, Karl. A Prisoner's Return. Soldiers 49:26 September 1994.
 

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