{"product_id":"as-good-as-dead-the-daring-escape-of-american-pows-from-a-japanese-death-camp-9780399583568","title":"As Good as Dead: The Daring Escape of American POWs from a Japanese Death Camp","description":"\u003cb\u003e\" A] truly uplifting tale of deliverance from certain death . . . A deeply personal read, in which the reader is drawn into the highs and lows of the action, the tragedy, and the salvation, because Moore has so successfully drawn out the characters. . . . Compelling reading and hard to put down.\"--\u003ci\u003eNaval History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe heroic story of eleven American POWs who defied certain death in World War II, \u003ci\u003eAs Good as Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable account of the Palawan Massacre survivors and their daring escape.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn late 1944, the Allies invaded the Japanese-held Philippines, and soon the end of the Pacific War was within reach. But for the last 150 American prisoners of war still held on the island of Palawan, there would be no salvation. After years of slave labor, starvation, disease, and torture, their worst fears were about to be realized. On December 14, with machine guns trained on them, they were herded underground into shallow air raid shelters--death pits dug with their own hands. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJapanese soldiers doused the shelters with gasoline and set them on fire. Some thirty prisoners managed to bolt from the fiery carnage, running a lethal gauntlet of machine gun fire and bayonets to jump from the cliffs to the rocky Palawan coast. By the next morning, only eleven men were left alive--but their desperate journey to freedom had just begun. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs Good as Dead \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the greatest escape stories of World War II, and one that few Americans know. The eleven survivors of the Palawan Massacre--some badly wounded and burned--spent weeks evading Japanese patrols. They scrounged for food and water, swam shark-infested bays, and wandered through treacherous jungle terrain, hoping to find friendly Filipino guerrillas. Their endurance, determination, and courage in the face of death make this a gripping and inspiring saga of survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dutton Caliber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780399583568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d","brand":"Stephen L. Moore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38022806864053,"sku":"9780399583568","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_46abe3b5-42a8-46f9-bdea-39955ba6105f.jpg?v=1609182732","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/as-good-as-dead-the-daring-escape-of-american-pows-from-a-japanese-death-camp-9780399583568","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}