| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 767.4 S7 1965 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13607 |
| 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 S7 1965
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Strong, Herman E.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - A Ringside seat to war
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Herman E. Strong
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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, NY :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Vantage Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1965.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 107 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 21 x 15 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Personal narrative of an American employee at the Benguet Consolidated Mining Company, holding office in the Myers building in Manila.
He describes the effect of the Japanese bombings on the port area, the Japanese take over and internment in Santo Tomas. He describes life in Santo Tomas, the shock of learning of the fall of Bataan, daily routine, relations with the Japanese, the first American air raid and the joy of liberation. He also discusses the battle of Manila, and his return to the US. He provides a list of his roommates as of February 1942 as an appendix. - 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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