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| Item Call Number |
D 805 .A785 W57 1994 |
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Available |
| Barcode |
13630 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 842024646 (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 805 .A785 W57 1994
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| Title Statement |
- Title - With only the will to live :
- Remainder of title - accounts of Americans in Japanese prison camps, 1941-1945 /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - edited by Robert S. La Forte, Ronald E. Marcello, Richard L. Himmel
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Wilmington, DE :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Scholarly Resources,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1994.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xl, 292 p. :
- Other physical details - maps ;
- Dimensions - 24 x 17 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - 52 vivid accounts selected from 150 interviews recount the experiences of survivors who somehow managed not to go under. - Roderick Hall
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - This volume presents extracts of interviews conducted by the editors of American veterans who were taken prisoner by the Japanese in Asia and the Pacific in 1941-1942.
Fifty two interviews were chosen out of some one hundred and fifty, and of these, over half saw action in and were captured in various locations in the Philippines. The editors arranged narratives by subject, such as capture, adjustment to Prisoner of War status, life in the various camps and so on, allowing comparison of different individual observations and reactions. A common feature of all the veterans was their intense dedication to survive.
Since the book focuses on the POW experience, it does not include details of the battles that were fought. The three editors are history professors and had conducted interviews of veterans for some time; LaForte and Marcello had previously published similar books on the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Death Railway in Burma. - 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 - Oral history.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Concentration Camps
- Geographic subdivision - Southeast Asia.
- 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 - Himmel, Richard L.
- Personal name - La Forte, Robert S.
- Personal name - Marcello, Ronald E.
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