Under Four Flags

Under Four Flags The U.S.S. Wake and the First American POWs of World War II

1st edition

Hardback (28 Nov 2008)

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Publisher's Synopsis

On 8 December, 1941, the gunboat USS Wake - based on the Yangtze River - was attacked and boarded by a group of Japanese marines, and the captain and crew taken prisoner. When the Wake was commissioned into the Japanese Navy, it became the only American vessel to be captured in World War II and its crew the first American POWs of the war.

Book information

ISBN: 9781594160738
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Imprint: Westholme
Pub date:
Edition: 1st edition
Language: English
Number of pages: 288
Weight: -1g
Height: 235mm
Width: 152mm