The Jack Ford Story: Newfoundland's POW in Nagasaki [Paperback]

D.C. Fitzgerald (Author)

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Product Details

Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: Creative Book Publishing; 1 edition (Nov 1 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1897174233
ISBN-13: 978-1897174234
Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14 x 1.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 399 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #448,060 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #24 in Books > History > United States > 20th Century > World War II > Hiroshima & Nagasaki
- #24 in Books > History > Military > World War II > Hiroshima & Nagasaki
- #24 in Books > History > Americas > United States > 20th Century > World War II > Hiroshima & Nagasaki

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Product Description

The Jack Ford Story: The Newfoundlander in Nagasaki is an amazing story of endurance, courage and survival. In 1940, Jack Ford was an employee of the Newfoundland Railway in a remote settlement of Newfoundland. Having volunteered for service in World War II at the age of twenty-one, Ford encountered the realities of war when the troop ship he was traveling on to England was attacked several times by German U-boats. When the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, Jack Ford was there - in a prisoner of war camp. In this riveting story, he shares his memories of that horrific time in his life, his rescue and his long-awaited journey home.

About the Author

Jack Fitzgerald was born and educated in St. John's, Newfoundland. During his career he has been a journalist, a feature writer and a political columnist with the St. John's Daily News; a reporter and public affairs writer with CJON and VOCM news services; editor of the Newfoundland Herald and the Newfoundland Chronicle. During the Smallwood administration he was Assistant Director of Public Relations with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.