The Butchers, the Baker: The World War II Memoir of a United States Army Air Corps Soldier Captured by the Japanese in the Philippines [LARGE PRINT] | ![The Butchers, the Baker: The World War II Memoir of a United States Army Air Corps Soldier Captured by the Japanese in the Philippines [LARGE PRINT]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51v03g21szL._SL500_.jpg)
| Authors: Victor L. Mapes, Scott A. Mills
Publisher: McFarland
Category: Book
Buy New: $39.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 2232179
Format: Large Print
Media: Paperback
Edition: Large Print
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 342
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 0786433175
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.547252092
EAN: 9780786433179
ASIN: 0786433175
Publication Date: February 18, 2008
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Product Description
Twelve hours after Pearl Harbor, Clark Field in the Philippines was attacked by Japanese aircraft. Among the survivors was Private Victor L. Mapes, who spent the next three years fleeing from and then being imprisoned by the Japanese military machine. When the tide of battle in the Pacific turned against the Japanese, Mapes experienced more harrowing conditions than before. After his unmarked prison ship was torpedoed by an American submarine, the wounded author struggled in the water against the elements and the enemy, as the Japanese tried to kill the escaping POWs.
Mapes' memoir chronicles a gruelling three-year ordeal that was punctuated by strange and often amusing encounters with fellow Americans, Japanese, Filipinos, and the fierce Moros of Mindanao Island. The memoir includes photographs and maps, as well as a bibliography and index.
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 An incredible story. October 2, 2003
This book told an incredible story of the treatment Vic Mapes received while a POW. It made me appreciate even more the people who serve and protect our country. I was fortunate enough to meet Vic while he was living at the Soldiers Home in DC. I also attended his funeral after he passed away. This memoir preserves the memory of a real life action hero. I would recommend it to everyone.
 A Great Man has now left the world of the living. August 28, 2003
I have known Victor Mapes all my life. He is my Grandfathers brother. Until reading this book I had no idea of the events he had witnessed. It was very enlightening. Victor expired the evening of Tuesday August 12, 2003 at the Old Soldiers home in Washington, D.C. He was interred at Arlington Cemetery on September 3rd, 2003. We will all miss him very much.
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