THE FOUR STRAGGLERS
THE FOUR STRAGGLERS

Author: Frank L. Packard

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2017-10-06

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 8027221536

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In the beginning we meet four Allied soldiers, who found themselves lost behind the enemy lines. When story moves on, three of them are running high-class criminal organization running scams in England and France. They stumble upon the great opportunity to make a big score in one action, and it leads to a complex and thrilling journey to the USA. Frank Lucius Packard (1877-1942) was a Canadian novelist best known for his Jimmie Dale mystery series. As a young man he worked as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing a series of railroad stories and novels. Packard also wrote number of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured a character called Jimmie Dale, a wealthy playboy by day and a fearless crime fighter by night. Jimmie Dale novels brought the idea of a costume and mask for hero's secret identity, and also established the concept of a hero's secret hideout or lair.

The Stragglers
The Stragglers

Author: Charles Smith

Publisher: Tate Publishing

Published: 2010-02

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1615661123

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Armed with M1 rifles, bayonets, and a few hand grenades, young soldiers from different units, operating without command, come together as The Stragglers. Take a journey into the trenches in this fascinating true story of a group of misplaced soldiers fighting courageously as other American troops withdrew from the city of Chinju, South Korea. Charles C. Smith recalls the story of his seventeen-year-old self, the lone survivor from a battle that took place more than fifty years ago. A rag-tag group of soldiers solidifies as The Stragglers. As lives are lost, honor and courage are upheld.

The Stragglers
The Stragglers

Author: E. J. Kahn Jr.

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2016-08-09

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1787200973

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This book, first published in 1962, recounts all known cases of holdouts, or stragglers, from the Imperial Japanese army on islands in the Pacific following the end of World War II. With their empire defeated, this book is a gripping account told from the survivors’ perspective, detailing the stragglers’ struggle for survival as they turned to theft, pillage—and even cannibalism.

Japanese Army Stragglers and Memories of the War in Japan, 1950-75
Japanese Army Stragglers and Memories of the War in Japan, 1950-75

Author: Beatrice Trefalt

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1134383428

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This book charts comprehensively the various discoveries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific of Japanese soldiers still fighting the Second World War many years after it had ended. It explores their return to Japan and their impact on the Japanese people, revealing changing attitudes to war veterans and war casualties' families, as well as the ambivalence of memories of the war.

The Iapetus Federation
The Iapetus Federation

Author: Robert G. Williscroft

Publisher: Fresh Ink Group

Published: 2024-11-12

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 1958922390

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Although presumed dead, Saeed Ismail resurfaces following the events of The Starchild Compact to lead a global Jihad. Aided by Founder Asshur, besieged Israelis on Earth make their way to Mars. Under Rod Zakes, the Iapetus Federation expands to include the human-settled parts of the solar system, protected by Dmitri Gagarin’s Federation Security Force. While global Jihad rages, the Starchild Institute on Iapetus develops a form of wormhole transportation, but will this new technology be ready in time to rescue Sam Houston and all that is left of the United States, the beleaguered Lone Star Federation? Can wormhole technology solve the task of moving millions of people from Earth to Iapetus? While Earth sinks into medieval barbarism, off-world humanity struggles to survive and prosper in the far reaches of the Solar System - and beyond.