5 brothers in arms / Raymond C. Heimbuch
Title
5 brothers in arms / Raymond C. Heimbuch
Subject
Prisoners of war--Japan--Biography.
Prisoners of war--United States--Biography.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Description
The author, a veteran of the Philippine defense campaign and over three years of imprisonment under the Japanese, wrote an earlier book about his own wartime experiences ("I’m One of the Lucky Ones").
In this book, Heimbuch details his family background (his forebears were of German ancestry who spent some time in Russia) and focuses on their contribution to the US war effort. Of seven brothers, one was unable to fight due to health reasons; another worked in one of the factories involved in strategic war industries. The other five joined the US armed forces and fought in various battlefields: he and another brother were in the 5th Air Base Group in Mindanao and were captured by the Japanese in 1942; one served with the US Marines and fought in Iwo Jima, one was in the US Navy and the other joined the Army Air Force.
This book tells the multi-faceted experiences of these five brothers in arms.
In this book, Heimbuch details his family background (his forebears were of German ancestry who spent some time in Russia) and focuses on their contribution to the US war effort. Of seven brothers, one was unable to fight due to health reasons; another worked in one of the factories involved in strategic war industries. The other five joined the US armed forces and fought in various battlefields: he and another brother were in the 5th Air Base Group in Mindanao and were captured by the Japanese in 1942; one served with the US Marines and fought in Iwo Jima, one was in the US Navy and the other joined the Army Air Force.
This book tells the multi-faceted experiences of these five brothers in arms.
Creator
Heimbuch, Raymond C.
Publisher
[Philadelphia, PA] : Xlibris, c2008.
Date
2008
Format
23 x 15 cm.
Type
Softbound
Identifier
9781436325240
Call Number
D 805 .J3 H435 2008
Accession Number
15287
Pagination
204 p.
Illustration
ill.
Files
Collection
Citation
Heimbuch, Raymond C., “5 brothers in arms / Raymond C. Heimbuch,” FHL-Roderick Hall, accessed December 12, 2025, https://fhl.omeka.net/items/show/622.