THIS BOOK HAS BEEN SOLD
THE STORY OF WAKE ISLAND, BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER LIFE AS A PRISONER
OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE
Frank R. Mace
A self-published book, in stiff paper wraps, 8.5x11, with typewriter script and poor-quality illustrations, but with a wealth of original material. Included are forty-one drawings of various Japanese prison camps made on the spot by Joseph Astarita, and hidden from his captors in two empty Red Cross shaving cream tubes. CONTENTS: Pre-War History of Wake Island, 1586-1941; The Story of Wake Island (a daily account of the Japanese assault); an account of the author’s ordeal as a prisoner-of-war; various newspaper stories related to Wake Island and prisoners of war ["85 Survivors Return to Wake Island’; ‘The Execution of 98 U.S. Civilians on Wake"; "WASP Pilots Over Prisoner of War Camps"]; A Portfolio of Sketches by Joseph Astarita: Rosters of American contracted Civilian Casualties on Wake, Guam, and the Philippines; an indexed portrait gallery of several hundred Morrison-Knudsen Company civilian employees working on Wake, Guam and Cavite when the war broke out. About 155 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Difficult to find.
$35.00
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