| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 B75 2016 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17945 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9781480840706 (softbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 805 .P6
- Item number - B75 2016
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Brink, Pamela J.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Only by the grace of God :
- Remainder of title - one family's story of survival during World War ll as prisoners of war in the Philippines /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Pamela J. Brink, Robert A. Brink, and John W. Brink
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Bloomington, IN :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Archway Pub.,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 2016.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xvii, 212 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.;
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
- Media type term - unmediated
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| Carrier Type |
- Carrier type term - volume
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - In the beginning -- War comes to Cebu -- The day the soldiers came -- The trip from Montalongon to Cebu -- Our lives as Prisoners of War begins -- Life aboard a Japanese troop ship -- Santo Tomas Internment Camp -- Our lives at Los Banos -- We are rescued by the grace of God -- New Bilibid and being sent home on a hospital ship -- Becoming Americans -- The rest of the story -- Notes -- References and Resources -- DOCUMENTATION: Newspaper Article stating Maude Brink was dead -- Maude Brink letter 1939 -- Maude Brink September letter 1941 -- Lucy Brown letter re Cebu Internees 1942 -- Maude Brink letter from Santo Tomas 1943 -- Myron Brink Card from Santo Tomas no date -- Maude Brink letter February 24, 1945 -- Myron Brink letter March,1945 -- Myron Brink letter September, 1945 -- Myron letter 1945 Page 2 no date -- Memoir of Claire Wislizenus
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "Three siblings from the Philippines wrote down what they remembered about being imprisoned by the Japanese during World War II. Pamela A. Brink, Robert A. Brink, and John W. Brink all survived the ordeal, but only one of them--Pamela--is still alive today. She shares their experiences in this memoir that recounts the horrors of war as seen through the eyes of children. At age thirteen, John W. was the oldest when they were captured, and his account is likely the most accurate of all three. Robert and Pamela's versions are different as they saw everything through younger, more fearful eyes. All three, however, remember being overjoyed when they were rescued from Los Banos prison camp. When they were freed, everyone wanted to hear about atrocities, but their slow starvation could not compete with the horrors that Jews suffered in Nazi Germany. Most ignored their tales, and over time, they stopped telling them. Three adults look back at their childhood experiences as prisoners of war, how they survived, and how they continued on in Only by the Grace of God."
- Summary, etc. - "Three American siblings tell their story of imprisonment during WWII in the Philippines. Living on the island of Cebu at the start of the war, imprisoned in Cebu, transferred to Santo Tomas then to Los Baños." - Roderick Hall
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Brink, Pamela J.
- Personal name - Brink, Robert A.
- Personal name - Brink, John W.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, American
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
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| Personal Name |
- Personal name - Brink, Robert A.
- Personal name - Brink, John W.
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