| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 767.4 L44 1948 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13596 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - (hardbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 767.4 L44 1948
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Leek, Jerome B.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Corregidor G. I.
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Staff Sergeant Jerome B. Leek
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Culver City, CA :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Highland Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1948.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 335 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 22 x 14 cm.
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
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| Carrier Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Personal account by an American soldier with the 60th Coast Artillery Regiment (Anti-Aircraft) on Corregidor. Detailed account of life before the war in Corregidor and other camps he visited (almost one third of the book); of his experiences during the siege, the surrender, and prison camp life in Cabanatuan - which is where he was rescued by the "surprise" US Ranger raid in January 1945. He was one of seventy-two men who joined the 60th Coast Artillery in June 1941; he was the only one of this group to survive the war. Appends a list of prisoners of war who were liberated with him in Cabanatuan, members of his regiment, and participants in the raid on Cabanatuan. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, American.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Corregidor Island (Philippines)
- General subdivision - History.
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