02188cam a2200325 4500 103326492 TxAuBib 20120515120000.0 031022s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2003023269 9780471421191 0471421197 (OCoLC)53287811 TxAuBib Landas, Marc, 1972- The fallen : a true story of American POWs and Japanese wartime atrocities / Marc Landas. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2004. xii, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-280) and index. October 1945 : CIC headquarters -- October 1945 : Western Army headquarters -- October-November 1945 -- December 1945-February 1946 -- April 1946 -- The families : January-March 1946 -- Sato and Aihara : June 1946 -- University suspects : July 13-17, 1946 -- Ishiyama : July 15-17, 1946 -- Marvin : spring-fall 1946 -- One step at a time : August-December 1946 -- Synthesis to schism : January-April 1947 -- From Tokyo to Kyushu : April-June 1947 -- The liver case : July 1947-February 1948 -- Closure : September 1947-March 1948 -- The trial : 1948 -- Prosecution : 1948 -- Closing and clemency : 1948-1950. A riveting and horrifying tale. Landas's meticulous and imaginative detective work reconstructs a long-buried investigation that implicates not just a few rogue soldiers but Japanese scientists, professors, and politicians, abetted by an American cover-up at the highest levels. An important book that fills a gap in the story of World War II. The best part of the story is the courage of a lone American flier, loyal to his comrades even in the face of torture, whose ordeal unfolds with vivid immediacy. 20120515. Watkins, Marvin S. Bomber pilots United States Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American. Prisoners of war Japan Biography. War crime trials Japan. TXMOO