Chippewa Chief in World War II: The Survival Story of Oliver Rasmussen in Japan

by Donald J. Norton

This is the true story of Oliver Bullard Rasmussen, a U.S. Navy aircrewman who avoided capture after his plane crashed in Japan on July 14, 1945, leaving his pilot dead and him seriously wounded. He dodged the Japanese on Hokkaido for 68 days until he saw his first fellow American. Rasmussen healed himself, relying on his Chippewa knowledge of how to survive in the wild and staying alive by raiding farms at night. The account is drawn from tapes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786409940
• ISBN13: 9780786409945
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher