| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 B54 2003 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13705 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 873387686 (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 .P6 B54 2003
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Bilek, Tony
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| Title Statement |
- Title - No Uncle Sam :
- Remainder of title - the forgotten of Bataan /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Tony Bilek, in collaboration with Gene O'Connell
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Kent, OH :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - The Kent State University Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2003.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xviii, 260 p. :
- Other physical details - ill., maps ;
- Dimensions - 24 x 16 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Bilek joined the US Army Air Corps in 1940 and was assigned to the 2nd Observation Squadron based at Clark Field. He was an eyewitness to the bombing of the field on the first day of the war, and subsequently saw action in Bataan. Like many survivors of the Death March and Japanese prison camps, Bilek tried to shut out the horrible memories of captivity, but realized that by doing so he was depriving his family and the world of his own unique experiences. Forty years after the war, he decided to write this memoir, which he completed and published almost twenty years later. Despite the distance of two decades, Bilek's memory is clear and the narrative smooth. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Bilek, Anton F.,
- Dates associated with a name - 1919-.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942.
- 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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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - 2nd Observation Squadron
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Clark Field
- Uncontrolled term - Death March
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - American
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - POW
- Uncontrolled term - US Army Air Force
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| Personal Name |
- Personal name - O'Connell, Gene
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