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| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 B28 1999 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13708 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 1403333645 (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 B28 1999
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Balaza, Charles
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Life as an American prisoner of war of the Japanese
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Charles Balaza
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [S.l.] :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - 1st Books Library,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2002.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xvi, 242 p., [1] p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 24 x 16 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - The story, told as it happened, describes 3½ years of captivity. - Roderick Hall
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Personal account by a young American who joined the US Army in 1940. Sent to Corregidor, Balaza was assigned to the 59th Coast Artillery Regiment; when the war started he was in charge of one of the searchlights covering the North Channel. Balaza writes about lighting up the surrounding waters after the SS Corregidor struck a mine; narrates his experiences on the "Rock" during the siege, and details his experiences as a prisoner of war on Corregidor, Bilibid Prison, Cabanatuan, the Nichols Field detail, hell ship to Japan and forced labor in Japanese coal mines. He cites an order by the Japanese to dispose of all prisoners of war in 1945, which fortunately was not carried out. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Balaza, Charles,
- Dates associated with a name - 1921-.
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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 - Concentration Camps
- Geographic subdivision - Omuta-shi.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Concentration Camps
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
- 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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