World War II Volume 2

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The Belles of Bataan  |  by J. David Abbott

American military nurses captured in the Philippines endure starvation, disease, and years of imprisonment at Santo Tomas. J. David Abbott follows the women to the arrival of liberating troops, honoring the discipline and hope that sustained the first large group of American women taken captive in combat. In the continuing series of poems on the theme of World War II, stories from the Pacific theater provide insight into the human drama of war. Based on eyewitness accounts from the first group of American military nurses to be taken prisoner in the Philippines, “The Belles of Bataan” describes scenes of heartbreak and heroism under the brutal watch of their captors, the Japanese Imperial Army.

The Imperial Edict: The Forgotten Battle for Alaska  |  by J. David Abbott

A Japanese soldier’s diary on Attu Island measures hunger, frostbite, bombardment, suicide, and a final assault against the Imperial code he has been ordered to obey. J. David Abbott gives the forgotten Aleutian campaign an intimate voice caught between loyalty to the emperor and love for the family he will never see again. “The Imperial Edict” is inspired by translated journals of Japanese soldiers who perished in the “forgotten battle” of World War II.  On a tiny Aleutian island of Attu, American and Canadian forces were victorious over the last sovereign country to invade and occupy North America.