BOOKS
In enemy hands : personal accounts of those taken prisoner in world war II

Publisher: Stackpole Boooks,


Title Details
  • In enemy hands :
Publishers
  • Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Boooks,c1997.
Descriptions
  • xv, 284 p. : ill.,24 x 16 cm.
Isbn
    811709000 (hardbound)
Language
    English
Subjects
  • Prisoners of war -- Biography.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons.
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Location RHC
Item Call Number D 805 .A2 S85 1997
Status Available
Barcode 13631
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - 811709000 (hardbound)
Language Code
  • Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - D 805 .A2 S85 1997
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Swedberg, Claire
Title Statement
  • Title - In enemy hands :
  • Remainder of title - personal accounts of those taken prisoner in world war II /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - Claire Swedberg
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Mechanicsburg, PA :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Stackpole Boooks,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1997.
Physical Description
  • Extent - xv, 284 p. :
  • Other physical details - ill.,
  • Dimensions - 24 x 16 cm.
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
General Note
  • General note - Includes the story of Pvt. Oscar Smith, one of 10,000 American soldiers seized by the Japanese in Manila Bay and marched to a near-certain death through Bataan. A few days later they put Smith to work burying the stacked bodies of his own men. - Roderick Hall
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc. - Anthology of first person accounts by American ex-prisoners of war. Only one deals with the Philippines: the story of Pvt. Oscar Smith, who fought in Bataan and was captured. He narrates life in Bataan, the Death March and the horrors he saw as a POW of the Japanese. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
Language Note
  • Language note - English
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
  • General subdivision - Biography.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • General subdivision - Personal narratives.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons.