The Jack Ford story : Newfoundland's POW in Nagasaki / Jack Fitzgerald.
The Jack Ford story : Newfoundland's POW in Nagasaki / Jack Fitzgerald.
By
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Fitzgerald, Jack, 1945-
Publication Date
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2007
Publication Information
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St. John's, N.L. : Creative Publishers,
Edition
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1st ed.
Physical Description
:
239 p. : ill.
Subject Term
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliography.
Summary
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In 1940, Jack Ford was an employee of the Newfoundland Railway in a remote settlement of Newfoundland. Having volunteered for service in World War II at the age of twenty-one, Ford encountered the realities of war when the troop ship he was traveling on to England was attacked several times by German U-boats. When the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, Jack Ford was there - in a prisoner of war camp. In this riveting story, he shares his memories of that horrific time in his life, his rescue and his long-awaited journey home.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781897174234
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