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RHC |
| Item Call Number |
PL 835 .O5 F813 1996 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13779 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 471142859 (hardbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Ooka, Shohei
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Taken captive :
- Remainder of title - a Japanese POW's story /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Ooka Shohei ; translated from the Japanese and edited by Wayne P. Lammers
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - John Wiley & Sons,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1996.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 330 p. :
- Dimensions - 25 x 17 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Thirty-five year old Õoka was a Japanese literary critic and writer who was drafted into the Japanese Army on January 1, 1944. He left his home, was trained as an infantryman, and was sent to Mindoro. When American forces landed on the island in December 1944, Õoka's unit fled to the mountains; a few men were killed in skirmishes and raids with the Americans, and there was no chance they could win over the overwhelming numbers of American troops. Still, they were ordered by higher headquarters in Batangas to send reports on American shipping and troops in San Jose. In January 1945, sick and almost starved, Õoka was captured by the Americans. His book documents his experiences as a prisoner of war, and how the Japanese were able to organize and survive in POW camp. The memoir brings out many unique Japanese traits, some of which are still present today. Unlike American POWs of the Japanese, the Japanese POWs of the Americans were treated much better. Originally written as several separate articles published in Japanese literary magazines, the articles were compiled into a book and published in 1952 as "Furyoki" [Record of a Prisoner of War]. - 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 - Prisoners of war
- Form subdivision - Fiction.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, American
- Form subdivision - Fiction.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- Form subdivision - Fiction.
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