| Location |
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| Item Call Number |
D 802 .P52 L896 1996 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13628 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 813119499 (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 .P52 L896 1996
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Lapham, Robert
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Lapham's raiders :
- Remainder of title - guerrillas in the Philippines, 1942-1945 /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Robert Lapham & Bernard Norling
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Lexington, KY :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Uuniversity Press of Kentucky,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1996.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xii, 292 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps ;
- Dimensions - 24 x 16 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Collaborative account of one of the important American guerrilla leaders in Central Luzon. Lapham was an US Army reserve officer who volunteered for service in the Philippines, arriving in mid 1941. He served as an advisor to a Philippine Army unit, served in Bataan, volunteered to join Maj. Claude Thorp in his mission to get through Japanese lines and begin guerrilla warfare behind Japanese lines - in late January 1942, long before Bataan fell. Bataan surrendered, and Thorp's group lost its reason for being. Rather than surrendering, Lapham formed an independent guerrilla unit, which eventually grew to become the Luzon Guerrilla Armed Forces. Lapham's unit ambushed the Japanese, obtained intelligence needed by MacArthur, and fought together with returning American troops. The LGAF figured prominently in the raid to liberate prisoners in Cabanatuan in January 1945. This memoir was essentially written by historian Norling, based on Lapham's memories and cross checking with archival and other sources. This is one of the important books on the guerrillas in Luzon. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Lapham, Robert,
- Dates associated with a name - 1917-.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Guerrillas
- Geographic subdivision - Luzon
- 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 - 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 - Luzon.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Luzon (Philippines)
- General subdivision - History, Military.
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