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RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 767.4 .J64 2002 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13597 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 446679372 (softbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Johnson, Forrest Bryant
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Hour of redemption :
- Remainder of title - the heroic WWII saga of America's most daring POW rescue /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Forrest Bryant Johnson
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York, NY :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Warner Books,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2002.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - [x], 317 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 23 x 16 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - Originally published: Hour of redemption : the Ranger raid on Cabanatuan. New York : Manor Books, c1978. Gathers riveting first-hand accounts as well as a full history of the American troops in the Japanese POW camp at Cabanatuan.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - This was the first book on the US Ranger Raid on Cabanatuan POW Camp, originally published in 1978. The raid, conducted almost flawlessly on January 30, 1945, resulted in the rescue of all the American and British POWs. Filipino guerrillas and the US Army's Alamo Scouts played important roles in the success of the Ranger operation, and are given credit in this well researched book. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Luzon.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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