You'll die in Singapore, Charles McCormac
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You'll die in Singapore, Charles McCormac
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eng
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non fiction
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You'll die in Singapore
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Charles McCormac
Summary
Weakened by hunger, thirst and ill-treatment, author Charles McCormac, then a World War Two prisoner-of-war in Japanese-occupied Singapore, knew that if he did not escape he would die. With sixteen others he broke out of Pasir Panjang camp and began an epic two-thousand-mile escape from the island of Singapore, through the jungles of Indonesia to Australia. With no compass and no map, and only the goodwill of villagers and their own wits to rely on, the British and Australian POWs' escape took a staggering five months and only two out of the original seventeen men survived. You'll Die in Singapore is Charles McCormac's compelling true account of one of the most horrifying and amazing escapes in World War Two. It is a story of courage, endurance and compassion, and makes for a very gripping read
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adult
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True account of one of the most amazing POW escapes in WWII
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- Singapore -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 + Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
- Electronic books
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, English
- McCormac, Charles, 1915-
- Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Singapore
- Escaped prisoners of war -- Singapore -- Biography
- Escaped prisoners of war -- Australia -- Biography
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- Singapore -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 + Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
- Electronic books
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, English
- McCormac, Charles, 1915-
- Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Singapore
- Escaped prisoners of war -- Singapore -- Biography
- Escaped prisoners of war -- Australia -- Biography
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