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A gripping chronicle of courage in captivity, of sacrifice and survival, Conduct Under Fire recounts the fierce, bloody battles of Bataan and Corregidor through the eyes of the author’s father and three fellow navy doctors taken prisoner by the Japanese in 1942. During their three and a half years of imprisonment, the doctors struggled daily against disease and starvation, fighting for their own lives as well as the lives of their fellow prisoners. Based on extensive interviews with American, British, Australian, and Japanese veterans, as well as diaries, letters, and war crimes testimony,…
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6 editions- Ebook · English · 2009Penguin USA, Inc. · 9781101111000
- Audiobook · English · 2005Random House Audio · 9780739301692
- Audiobook · English · 2005Random House Audio · 9780739319079
- Other · English · 2006Penguin Books · 588 pages · 9780142002223
- Other · English · 2005Viking · 588 pages · 9780670034086
- Other · English · 2005Random House Large Print · 1112 pages · 9780375435348
Medical personnelPhysiciansPrisoners of warPrisonersHistory, 20th CenturyUnited StatesMedical careNonfiction






