An edition of No better friend (2015)

No better friend

one man, one dog, and their extraordinary story of courage and survival in WWII

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An edition of No better friend (2015)

No better friend

one man, one dog, and their extraordinary story of courage and survival in WWII

Large print edition.
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Flight technician Frank Williams and Judy, a purebred pointer, met in the most unlikely of places: a World War II internment camp in the Pacific. Judy was a fiercely loyal dog, with a keen sense for who was friend and who was foe, and the pair's relationship deepened throughout their captivity. When the prisoners suffered beatings, Judy would repeatedly risk her life to intervene. She survived bombings and other near-death experiences and became a beacon not only for Frank but for all the men, who saw in her survival a flicker of hope for their own. Judy's devotion to those she was interned with was matched by their love for her, which helped keep the men and their dog alive despite the ever-present threat of death by disease or the rifles of the guards. At one point, deep in despair and starvation, Frank contemplated killing himself and the dog to prevent either from watching the other die. But both were rescued, and Judy spent the rest of her life with Frank. She became the war's only official canine POW, and after she died at age fourteen, Frank couldn't bring himself to ever have another dog. Their story -- of an unbreakable bond forged in the worst circumstances -- is one of the great undiscovered sagas of World War II.

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English
Pages
691

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Table of Contents

Mascot
Dog overboard
Shore leave
War
Amour
War dogs
Frank
Force Z
Flight
Day of destruction : February 14, 1942
Posic
Pompong
Sumatra
Padang
Imprisoned
Gloegoer
POW #81-A
Subterfuge
Hell ship
Reunion
Pakan Baroe
Pig Face and King Kong
Railway of death
Freedom
Hero
Africa.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 669-687).

Series
Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction, Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.54/72520929
Library of Congress
D810.A65 W45 2015, D810.A65W45 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
691 pages
Number of pages
691

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27190151M
Internet Archive
nobetterfriendon0000wein_i6r2
ISBN 10
1410482693
ISBN 13
9781410482693
LCCN
2015023677
OCLC/WorldCat
910858630

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