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| Item Call Number |
D 802 .P5 H55 1987 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13624 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 935109005 (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 802 .P5 H55 1987
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Hieb, Harley F.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Heart of iron
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Lt. Col. Harley F. Hieb
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Lodi, CA :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Pacifica Pub.,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1987.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xx, 411 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 24 x 17 cm.
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| Media Type |
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| General Note |
- General note - Story of how the author organized a guerrilla force of 45 Filipino soldiers on the island of Luzon, and waged a relentless struggle to keep himself and his men alive and on the victorious offensive against the Japanese occupying forces. - Roderick Hall
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Personal account of an American who joined the US Army during the Great Depression.
He was assigned to the Philippines and at the outbreak of the war was helping to train Filipino soldiers in the 71st Division (Philippine Army). He fought with his unit in Northern Luzon, was cut off by the quickness of the Japanese advance, but made it to Bataan, only to have to surrender and march the Death March. Escaping the march, he made his way to northern Luzon and organized a guerrilla group, which affiliated with the US Army Forces in the Philippines, Northern Luzon.
He narrates his close calls, his actions against the Japanese particularly in 1945, when he was commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, USAFIP NL. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Hieb, Harley F.,
- Dates associated with a name - 1914-.
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| Subject Corporate Name |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - United States. Army
- General subdivision - Biography.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Guerrillas
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Guerrillas
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Soldiers
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- General subdivision - Biography.
- 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 - Underground movements
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
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