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"Documents the stories of four World War II prisoners of war who were tortured by their Japanese captors, describing the events that led to their imprisonment, the brutal conditions that forged their deep bond, and their considerable struggles to re-acclimate to civilian life."@en
"On April 23, 1943, the USS Grenadier was sent crashing to the ocean floor by a Japanese aerial torpedo. Miraculously, the crew brought the sub back to the surface, only to be captured by the Japanese. No Ordinary Joes tells the story of four of the Grenadier's crew, enlistees from families that struggled through the Great Depression. On the day they were captured, all four were still teenagers, compelled to serve more by the promise of a steady paycheck than by a sense of duty. The men faced unimaginable brutality at the hands of their captors. With no training in how to cope with the relentless interrogations, and with less than a cup of rice per day for sustenance, each man created his own survival strategy. And when liberation came, they went home to a world that had given them up for dead. They were forced to find a new kind of strength as they struggled to resume their lives."@en
"Larry Colton tells the harrowing true story of four young sailors from the USS Grenadier who were captured and tortured by the Japanese during World War II, the bond that sustained them, and their struggles to resume their lives."@en
"Their names were Bob Palmer, Gordy Cox, Tim McCoy, and Chuck Vervalin, and in 1941, when they joined the navy, they were not trying to prove their patriotism---they were just looking for a job that would provide "three hots and a cot."But on April 22, 1943, the war took a terrible turn for them. While on patrol deep in enemy waters, their submarine, the USS Grenadier, was torpedoed and sent crashing to the ocean floor ..."@en
"No Ordinary Joes tells the harrowing true story of four young sailors from the USS Grenadier who were captured and tortured by the Japanese during World War II, the bond that sustained them, and their struggles to resume their lives."@en
"No Ordinary Joes tells the harrowing true story of four young sailors from the USS Grenadier who were captured and tortured by the Japanese during World War II, the bond that sustained them, and their struggles to resume their lives."
"Their names were Bob Palmer, Gordy Cox, Tim McCoy, and Chuck Vervalin, and in 1941, when they joined the navy, they were not trying to prove their patriotism-they were just looking for a job that would provide "three hots and a cot." But on April 22, 1943, the war took a terrible turn for them. While on patrol deep in enemy waters, their submarine, the USS Grenadier, was torpedoed and sent crashing to the ocean floor. Listed as lost in action and given up for dead, all four had in fact miraculously escaped the ship, only to be captured by the Japanese. The four men spent the next two and a half years as POWs, enduring barbaric torture and starvation, unable to communicate with their wives and families. When they were freed, they were forced to find a new kind of resilience as they struggled to resume their lives in a world that seemed to have forgotten them. In Bob's case, it would be more than thirty years before he was reunited with the love of his life-the wife who had left him for a well-bred naval officer after he came back from the war.By turns panoramic and intimate, No Ordinary Joes shows us, through the lives of four "ordinary" men who endured extraordinary circumstances, the tragedy of war and its aftermath, and the restorative power of love."@en

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"No ordinary joes the extraordinary true story of four submariners in war and love and life"@en
"No ordinary joes the extraordinary true story of four submariners in war and love and life"
"No ordinary Joes [the extraordinary true story of four submarines in war and love and life]"@en
"No ordinary Joes the extraordinary true story of four submariners in war and love and life"@en

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