As Good As Dead
As Good As Dead " A] truly uplifting tale of deliverance from certain death . . . Compelling reading and hard to put down."--Naval HistoryThe heroic story of eleven American POWs who defied certain…
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As Good As Dead
" A] truly uplifting tale of deliverance from certain death . . . Compelling reading and hard to put down."--Naval HistoryThe heroic story of eleven American POWs who defied certain death in World War II, As Good as Dead is an unforgettable account of the Palawan Massacre survivors and their daring escape.In late 1944, the Allies invaded the Japanese-held Philippines, and soon the end of the Pacific War was within reach. 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. . . .
After years of slave labor, starvation, disease, and torture, their worst fears were about to be realized. But for the last 150 American prisoners of war still held on the island of Palawan, there would be no salvation. On December 14, with machine