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A doctor's sword : how an Irish doctor survived war, captivity and the atomic bomb / Bob Jackson.

By: Publication details: Cork : The Collins Press, 2016.Description: 294 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781848892866 : (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 920
Contents:
Prologue -- Home -- War in Europe -- Bober Command -- War in the East -- The shadow of the Rising Sun -- oyage to hell -- An unlikely saviour -- A slave in Nagasaki -- Final reserves -- 'The end of the world' -- Liberation -- Post-war life -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- End notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This is the astonishing story of wartime adventures of Dr Aidan McCarthy, who survived the evacuation at Dunkirk, burning planes, sinking ships, jungle warfare and appalling privation as a Japanese prisoner of war. It is a story of survival, forgiveness and humanity at its most admirable.
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Loanable Book Library Irish Collection 920 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 000413728

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue -- Home -- War in Europe -- Bober Command -- War in the East -- The shadow of the Rising Sun -- oyage to hell -- An unlikely saviour -- A slave in Nagasaki -- Final reserves -- 'The end of the world' -- Liberation -- Post-war life -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- End notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This is the astonishing story of wartime adventures of Dr Aidan McCarthy, who survived the evacuation at Dunkirk, burning planes, sinking ships, jungle warfare and appalling privation as a Japanese prisoner of war. It is a story of survival, forgiveness and humanity at its most admirable.

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