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| Item Call Number |
DS 767.4 S54 2002 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
12147 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 038549565X
- International Standard Book Number - 385495641 (hardbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Sides, Hampton
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Ghost soldiers :
- Remainder of title - the epic account of World War II's greatest rescue mission /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Hampton Sides
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| Edition Statement |
- Edition statement - 1st ed.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Anchor Books
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 2002
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Doubleday
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2001
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 344 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Extent - [x], 342 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 25 x 17 cm
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Well-researched, dramatically written account of the U.S. Ranger raid - assisted by Filipino guerrillas - to liberate the American prisoners of war in Cabanatuan. Sides tells the story from various perspectives - the Rangers under Lt. Col. Henry Mucci; the American civilians who aided the prisoners of war (among them Claire Phillips); the American prisoners of war; the guerrillas under Col. Robert Lapham, Capt. Juan Pajota and Capt. Eduardo Joson. The author also tries to bring in the Japanese perspective (Ironically, the movie The Great Raid dramatized this operation but was not based on this book; it was based on William Breuer's book, "The Great Raid on Cabanatuan," published earlier). The author is a professional writer and journalist. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Corporate Name |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - United States. Army. Ranger Battalion, 6th
- General subdivision - History.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Atrocities.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Cabanatuan.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Concentration Camps
- Geographic subdivision - Cabanatuan.
- 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 - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Regimental histories
- Geographic subdivision - United States.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Cabanatuan (Philippines: Province)
- General subdivision - History, Military
- Chronological subdivision - 20th Century.
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