8 Miraculous Months In The Malayan Jungle

Author : Donald J. "DJ" Humphrey II
Publisher : Djh Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781735845111
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 8 MIRACULOUS MONTHS IN THE MALAYAN JUNGLE written by Donald J. "DJ" Humphrey II and published by Djh Incorporated. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is some story - so fantastic you probably won't believe it. But it really happened.Lt. Col. Donald J. HumphreyMy father's quotation above is from a press release by the Associated Press and printed in the Iowa Postville Herald on September 12, 1945. World War II had just ended, and my father was in Singapore. The press wanted to know what happened to him in the Malay jungle for the past eight months.This book tells that story. My father wrote the original manuscript when he was in his 20s. I remember seeing it when I was a young kid-8 x 10 pages with a thick black paper cover. He always wanted someone to write it better and make it into a published book, but he never found the right person to do it. Then time ran out on him. I decided to dust it off and turn it into a book that would take the reader into the realities of World War II and at the same time tell my father's story of faith, courage, and bravery. I wrote this book for my father who hopefully is looking down with an approving smile. I also wrote it for my father's family and friends. But actually, I wrote this book for everybody-a fascinating first-person account of a B-29 bomber pilot and an inside look at an extremely important part of history. A 26-year-old Major in the Twentieth Air Force, 468th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Force during World War II. Former B-17 and B-29 flight instructor, veteran of 17 prior bombing missions, and Commander of the 793rd B-29 Superfortress Squadron flying out of the U.S. Army Air Force base at Kharagpur, India. Pilot of B-29 No. 42-24704, the Postville Express.On January 11, 1945, Major Donald J. Humphrey had his B-29 Superfortress directed at Singapore Island. After navigating the 1900-mile trip from India through dangerous weather, they had just successfully bombed their target. And that's when Japanese Zeroes shot off the wing and sent the mighty aircraft death-spiraling down into the Malay jungle.

Author : Professor Henry Veltmeyer
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409499146
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What's Left in Latin America? written by Professor Henry Veltmeyer and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book concerns recent and current political developments in Latin America related to the emergence of left-leaning regimes riding the waves of anti-neoliberalism and a primary commodities boom. Based on five years of field research and a critical engagement with social movements in the region, the book documents the short-term advances and strategic weaknesses of these left-leaning regimes, highlighting their failure to take advantage of favourable economic and political conditions. The authors profile four cases of recent and current political developments, and the prospects for socialism, in Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba and Venezuela.

Author : John Silverwood
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1588367347
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Wave written by John Silverwood and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I told God that if he would let us survive this night, I would make it mean something worthwhile. And then, somehow, I felt calmer than I have ever felt. Unreasonably so. Irrationally so. I looked over the scene of our wrecked life and I smiled–a crazy smile for sure–and I looked through the dark at the mad beauty of it.” –Jean Silverwood An exhilarating true-life adventure of one family’s extraordinary sea voyage of self-discovery and survival, tragedy and triumph Successful businessman John Silverwood and his wife, Jean, both experienced sailors, decided the time was right to give their four children a taste of thrilling life on the high seas. And indeed their journey aboard the fifty-five-foot catamaran Emerald Jane would have many extraordinary and profound moments, whether it was the peaceful late-night watches John enjoyed under the stunning celestial sky or the elation shared by the whole family at the sight of blissful pods of dolphin and migrating tortoises. John and Jean had hoped to use the trip as a teaching opportunity, with the Emerald Jane as a floating classroom in which to instruct their children in important lessons–not only about the natural world but about the beauty of human life when stripped down to its essence, far from the trappings of civilization. Yet rather than flourishing amid the new freedoms and responsibilities thrust upon them, the children were sometimes confused, frightened, resentful. The two oldest, fourteen-year-old Ben and twelve-year-old Amelia, missed their friends and the comfortable life left behind in San Diego, while the two youngest, Jack, seven, and Camille, three, picked up on the stressful currents running above and below the surface–for throughout the journey, the Silverwood family found its bonds tested as never before. John and Jean, whose marriage had weathered its share of storms, would wonder again if they had taken on too much as the physical, emotional, and financial strains of caring for the expensive catamaran and their children brought old resentments to the surface. John’s dream trip that began on Long Island Sound ended almost two years later as a nightmare in treacherous waters off a remote atoll in French Polynesia, where, in an explosion of awesome violence, the terrifying brunt of the ocean’s anger fell upon the Emerald Jane. Gradually, in the crucible of the sea, a stronger, more closely knit unit was forged. The Silverwoods became a crew. Then they became a family again. But just as it seemed to them that they had mastered every challenge, their world was shattered in a split-second of unimaginable horror. Now their real challenge began, forcing them to fight for their very lives.

Author : Jennifer Niven
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401304427
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ada Blackjack written by Jennifer Niven and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Ice Master comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six months alone on a desolate, uninhabited Arctic island In September 1921, four young men and Ada Blackjack, a diminutive 25-year-old Eskimo woman, ventured deep into the Arctic in a secret attempt to colonize desolate Wrangel Island for Great Britain. Two years later, Ada Blackjack emerged as the sole survivor of this ambitious polar expedition. This young, unskilled woman--who had headed to the Arctic in search of money and a husband--conquered the seemingly unconquerable north and survived all alone after her male companions had perished. Following her triumphant return to civilization, the international press proclaimed her the female Robinson Crusoe. But whatever stories the press turned out came from the imaginations of reporters: Ada Blackjack refused to speak to anyone about her horrific two years in the Arctic. Only on one occasion--after charges were published falsely accusing her of causing the death of one her companions--did she speak up for herself. Jennifer Niven has created an absorbing, compelling history of this remarkable woman, taking full advantage of the wealth of first-hand resources about Ada that exist, including her never-before-seen diaries, the unpublished diaries from other primary characters, and interviews with Ada's surviving son. Ada Blackjack is more than a rugged tale of a woman battling the elements to survive in the frozen north--it is the story of a hero.

Author : Edgar Harrell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Out of the Depths written by Edgar Harrell and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Widders
Publisher : The History Press Ireland
ISBN 13 : 1845887271
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Emperor's Irish Slaves written by Robert Widders and published by The History Press Ireland. This book was released on 2012 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Undaunted: Stories About the Irish in Australia

Author : Kathy Rose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781729822227
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living on Borrowed Time written by Kathy Rose and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a medic in Europe during World War II, William Horton had some pretty crazy experiences. Luckily for us he had an incredible memory and one his daughters wrote down those stories.

Author : Cara Tabachnick
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1612439225
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greatest Survival Stories of All Time written by Cara Tabachnick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of survival stories recounts the harrowing true experiences of people across the globe who faced certain death—and survived. The stories in this riveting volume seem too unbelievable to be true. Lost individuals facing the most severe natural disasters, the most dangerous situations, and the most inhospitable conditions . . . somehow making it out alive. From plane crashes and sinking ships to surviving in freezing forests and scorching deserts, this anthology includes some of the most famous, unbelievable tales of beating the odds. This book features gripping tales of sheer bravery and quick thinking, including: Juliane Koepcke, the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Peruvian Amazon Jose Salvador Alvarenga, who floated for thirteen months alone in the Pacific ocean Aron Ralston, who cut off his arm to escape the canyon he’d been trapped in Lincoln Hall, who was abandoned on Mount Everest . . . and many more.

Author : Tom Henling Wade
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780864176028
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prisoner of the Japanese written by Tom Henling Wade and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoirs of a British POW during WWII. Wade's lifelong experience in the Far East enabled him to survive and understand his captors.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 920 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Army Air Forces in World War II: Men and planes written by and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: