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RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .J3 S646 2007 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
18519 |
| Library Of Congress Control Number |
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| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9781434329677 (softbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 805 .J3
- Item number - S646 2007
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Smith, Donald P.,
- Dates associated with a name - 1922-
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| Title Statement |
- Title - We survived war's crucible :
- Remainder of title - a true story of imprisonment and rescue in World War II Philippines : the autobiographical wartime experiences of Stephen Lloyd Smith, Viola, and their son Paul /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - edited and written by Donald P. Smith.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Bloomington, IN :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - AuthorHouse,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 2007.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - ix, 91 pages :
- Other physical details - illustrations ;
- Dimensions - 23 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
- Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references (p. 89).
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - Caught in the crucible -- Love in the crucible -- Life in the crucible -- The crucible heats up -- Overwhelming pressure intensifies -- Rescue -- Out of the rubble and into eternity -- My first career in isolated rural Philippines
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "A large pit is ready for the mass execution of 2,147 prisoners in the Los Banos concentration camp. At dawn, paratroopers of the 11th Airborne drop from the sky. With Filipino guerillas they overpower Japanese guards. During the night, fifty-four amphibious tractors have crossed the large lake, around Japanese lines. They arrive, and take all the prisoners to safety. It is one of the most perfectly executed rescues of World War II.
That is but the climax of the exciting story Stephen Smith tells, of his captivity in the Philippines, with his wife Viola, and teen age son Paul. It begins as he enters Manila Bay on a Coast Guard cutter, while bombs are dropping, and sunken ships are still burning. The family lives under house arrest by the Japanese Army in Manila for two and one half years. With no connections to banks in the U.S., Stephen must find enough money to buy food for 70 fellow missionary prisoners.
Daring young Paul, gets a big bang out of celebrating the fourth of July, right in front of his armed Japanese captors. A hardened Japanese veteran of Manchuria, China and Bataan, reveals his hidden humanity. While others are being beheaded in Fort Santiago, a Japanese guard risks his own life to spare the life of a Filipino friend.
In all this struggle, how can the Smiths find the physical, emotional and spiritual resources to survive the crucible of war?
This book tells how."
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Smith, Stephen Lloyd,
- Dates associated with a name - 1893-1983.
- Personal name - Smith, Viola Rich.
- Personal name - Smith, Paul Lincoln.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Japan
- Form subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- Form subdivision - Biography.
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