| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .J3 K595 1999 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13683 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 1553696972 (softbound)
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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 .J3 K595 1999
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Knox, Ralph M.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The Emperor's angry guest :
- Remainder of title - a World War II prisoner of the Japanese speaks out /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Ralph M. Knox
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Victoria, B.C. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Trafford Pub.,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2002.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 271 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 23 x 16 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Personal account (with additional information from books and articles he had read) of a mechanic of the US Army Air Corps' 28th Bombardment Squadron. He was in Clark Field when it was bombed, but was sent to Del Monte Field in Mindanao to service B-17 bombers expected in the field. He claims he was there when Macarthur and his family evacuated to Australia on a B-17, alleging that he helped load crates, fur coats and a large amount of luggage on the plane, a detail that is not confirmed anywhere (this cargo could not have been brought on board the small PT boat which took MacArthur to Mindanao). He narrates his experiences as prisoner of war in Malaybalay; prison ship (Tottori Maru) to Japan in late 1942, and stayed in Japan until the end of the war. He criticizes Japan for not apologizing for its atrocities; he also criticizes the US government for not recognizing the sacrifices of the POWs under Japan. An appendix provides a roster of his squadron on Mindanao. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Knox, Ralph M.,
- Dates associated with a name - 1922-.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Japan
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- 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 - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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