| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 767.4 V53 2012 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17954 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9789719458357
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 767.4
- Item number - V53 2012
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Victory at Bessang Pass /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - [compiled by] Ben Cal, [edited by] Iluminado Varela Jr. [and] Maria Juanita S. Fajardo-Rivera, [designed by] Kahlil Macan
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [Quezon City] :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Art Angel Printshop Commercial Quests, Inc.,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2012
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xvii, 155 pages :
- Other physical details - illustrations, map ;
- Dimensions - 23 cm
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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 - War clouds over Philippine skies / Alejandro A. Puguon -- Three lives / Raymundo G. Gadgad -- Guerrillas capture garrison / Belino W. Alumno -- Rude Awakening / Ramon P. Miranda -- The untold story of the U-Boat landing -- Tank Chasers Arnulfo D. Banez -- The brutality of war / Jose F. Tadifa -- Living the past / Simeon M. Valdez -- The POW's confessions : Japanese strategy at Bessang Pass -- Undaunted in battle / Ricardo B. Madayag -- The battles at Mt. Bullagaw and Bitalag junction / Jesus M. Martinez -- Remember Bataan / Gregorio R. Hufana -- The conquest of Bessang Pass / Emilio M. Narcise -- The battle of Kiangan and Yamashita's surrender / Fortunato U. Abat
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "Unknown to many, the victory at Bessang Pass was the most dramatic victory scored by Filipino guerrillas against the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II that forced Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, the famed "Tiger of Malaya," to surrender, liberating northern Luzon from the Japanese invaders and eventually ending the war in the Pacific." - From the Foreword by Voltaire T. Gazmin, Secretary, Department of National Defense
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| Language Note |
- Language note - In English.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Bessang Pass, Battle of, Philippines, 1945
- Form subdivision - Personal narratives. Philippine.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Philippines
- General subdivision - Bessang Pass
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| Personal Name |
- Personal name - Cal, Ben,
- Dates associated with a name - 1945-
- Relator term - compiler.
- Personal name - Varela, Iluminado Jr.
- Relator term - editor
- Personal name - Fajardo-Rivera, Maria Juanita S.
- Relator term - editor
- Personal name - Macan, Kahlil
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