| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 767.4 .M4 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13602 |
| 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 .M4
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Mellnik, Steve
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Philippine diary, 1939-1945
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Brig. Gen. Steve Mellnik ; foreword by Carlos P. Romulo
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1969.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - [iv], 316 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps ;
- Dimensions - 24 x 16 cm.
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| Media Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Not a diary, but a personal narrative of a US Army officer who was captured on Corregidor. Mellnik was coast artillery officer on MacArthur's USAFFE staff, in charge of developing the Philippine Inland Seas Defense Project. He discusses defense preparations during the last months just before the war, his experiences on Corregidor during the siege, and his becoming a prisoner of war. He was in Cabanatuan and Davao Penal Colony, being one of ten who escaped in April 1943. Aided by guerrillas, he was able to remain out of Japanese hands and was evacuated by submarine to Australia. He rejoined MacArthur's staff and helped collate information from the guerrillas. He returned to the Philippines with MacArthur and directed guerrilla activities during the liberation. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Mellnik, Stephen M. (Stephen Michael),
- Dates associated with a name - 1907
- Form subdivision - Diaries.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, American.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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| Personal Name |
- Personal name - Romulo, Carlos Pena,
- Dates associated with a name - 1899-1985
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