TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hill, Aurora
AU  - Mero, Edward
TI  - The secret of freedom: POW 529 : a family's unfinished business 
SN  - 9781439264188 (softbound)
AV  - D 805 .J3  M476 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Lexington, KY
PB  - BookSurge
KW  - Mero, George F.
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
KW  - POW
N1  - "The personal account written by a WWII Prisoner of War in the Philippines and Japan and his family's unfinished business to publish his secret to freedom."; Includes; Friendship -- The Kick -- The Fine Marine -- The Boxer Incident -- Pepper Sauce -- The Mirror -- Burial Detail in the Philippines -- Starvation -- The Water Treatment -- The Rice Fields -- Earthquakes -- Cages -- Merry Christmas to Myself -- Do not Steal -- Tobacco versus Lettuce -- Chicken Heist -- Bananas -- Escape -- Intelligence Gathering -- Free Gifts -- Traitors and Informers -- Medical Inspection -- Operations -- Transportation by Truck -- Coffee a la Carte -- Transportation by Boat -- Fish Bones on Deck -- Zamboanga -- De-Lousing, Enemy Style -- Hospitality -- Trading Material -- Rice is Gold -- The Radishes -- Winter -- Work Detail -- Exercise -- Dealing -- Tidal Waves -- Under Cover of Night -- Bombing and Strafings --The Big Bomb -- Air Drop -- Down to Dinner--Bombs Away -- The Nightmare is Over -- Hospital Ship Mercy -- Flying Home -- Final Thoughts -- Research -- The Early Years -- POW 529 -- Marriage & Children -- The Golden Years -- Military Honors -- Whispering Stones -- World War II Memorial -- Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial -- History of Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial -- Things We Learned from George F. Mero -- Two Daughter's Reflection -- Compassion
N2  - "George F. Mero found himself on his first tour of duty in the Philippines when WWII was declared. Three and a half years later, he and his comrades were freed. Although he never spoke about the war, his family found his manuscript, POW 529, after his death. Thus began a twenty-year journey to complete a family's unfinished business."
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